as a First Name
Short form of any of the given names beginning with the letter J- (compare Dee and Kay), now also used as an independent given name.
| 248th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 246,284
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Jay per capita
- 1960
- marked the height of its popularity
0.13%
99.87%
30%
55+
55+
51%
30-54
30-54
11%
13-29
13-29
8%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
