Ejay
eJay is a series of musical arrangement software, and video games, primarily for Microsoft Windows. The first edition, Dance eJay, was released in 1997. It supports eight tracks of audio and, as with its successors, permits the arrangement of sound bites by a drag-and-drop interface.
Meaning & Origin of Ejay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
eJay is a series of musical arrangement software, and video games, primarily for Microsoft Windows. The first edition, Dance eJay, was released in 1997. It supports eight tracks of audio and, as with its successors, permits the arrangement of sound bites by a drag-and-drop interface.
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The Story of Ejay
Ejay first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 18 Ejays were born — ranking #5,102 that year. As of 2026, Ejay ranks #6,513 for baby boys with 13 births, with steady use. In total, more than 165 Ejays have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ejay
Ejay is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 165 births in the dataset. Ejay's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #5,102. Use the chart and map above to compare Ejay's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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