Jaye
Jaye is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jaye
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaye is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jaye
As a girl name
Jaye first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1927, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1956: 173 births, good for #733 nationwide. About 32% of every Jaye on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jaye ranks #8,764 for girls with 10 births, falling sharply (-24%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jaye on the record books as a boy name in 1920, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1959, when 32 Jayes were born — ranking #1,386 that year. Jaye last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Jaye
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Jaye. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Jaye
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About the name Jaye
Jaye is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1927 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Jaye's peak popularity came in 1956 when it ranked #733. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaye'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.