Is Jaye a boy or girl name?

Jaye is a unisex name. Of the 3,586 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 68.8% were girls and 31.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2021, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Jaye

Recorded 1920–2025 · United States

Jaye was most popular in 1956, when 190 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,221 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,586 people named Jaye.

Jaye over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jaye’s peak in 1956. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jaye a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jaye is a unisex name — 68.8% of the 3,586 Americans given it were girls and 31.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2021 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 58% girls and 42% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jaye

Where Jaye is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org