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How popular is the name Jay-Jay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Jay-Jays are alive today.
Jay-Jay (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2133rd in 2025 and given to 11 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 25 babies were given the name, the 841st most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2016, with 23 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2004; the 2025 figure is roughly 44% of its peak. Jay-Jay is one spelling of a name also recorded as J-Jay and Jay-J; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Jay-Jay you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old - or else around 21: the name has two living generations. Half of all Jay-Jays born in England and Wales are between 8 and 21, and there are at least 480 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Jay-Jay - on average, only one in every 632 such rooms contains a Jay-Jay.
How many babies are named Jay-Jay each year?
Includes all spellings: Jay-Jay, J-Jay, Jay-J. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Jay-Jay spelling rank?
Where does the J-Jay spelling rank?
Where does the Jay-J spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Jay-Jay most popular?
Jay-Jay peaked in 2005, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Jay-Jay?
At least 480 people named Jay-Jay in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Jay-Jay?
Most living Jay-Jays are between 8 and 21; the most common age is about 9. There is a second cluster around 21.
Is Jay-Jay becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2005 peak.