Jay in California
Babies in California
16,080
since 1912
Rank in California · 2025
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recorded as girls
#360
recorded as boys
Peak year in California
1962
Babies per 1,000 (same sex) in California, 1910–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
US overall
Yearly share of babies named Jay in California from 1910 to 2025, compared with the national share (dashed line).
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 96 | 360 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 106 | 340 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 113 | 329 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 127 | 310 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 127 | 304 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 113 | 338 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 145 | 291 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 121 | 333 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,267 | 147 | 294 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 150 | 294 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 124 | 329 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | 127 | 324 |
| 2013 | <5 | — | 136 | 312 |
| 2012 | <5 | — | 125 | 320 |
| 2011 | <5 | — | 109 | 341 |
| 2010 | <5 | — | 109 | 342 |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 110 | 331 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 118 | 334 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | 87 | 405 |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 108 | 339 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 109 | 343 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 99 | 356 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 102 | 350 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 90 | 376 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 89 | 372 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | 65 | 429 |
| 1999 | <5 | — | 75 | 390 |
| 1998 | <5 | — | 83 | 373 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | 111 | 320 |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 104 | 332 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 129 | 291 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | 135 | 286 |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 128 | 298 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | 146 | 279 |
| 1991 | <5 | — | 138 | 288 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 159 | 259 |
| 1989 | 5 | 3,040 | 150 | 255 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 154 | 240 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | 137 | 248 |
| 1986 | <5 | — | 153 | 226 |
| 1985 | <5 | — | 152 | 223 |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 120 | 249 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 134 | 230 |
| 1982 | 5 | 2,339 | 138 | 229 |
| 1981 | <5 | — | 131 | 235 |
| 1980 | <5 | — | 159 | 196 |
| 1979 | <5 | — | 178 | 175 |
| 1978 | <5 | — | 152 | 190 |
| 1977 | <5 | — | 128 | 207 |
| 1976 | <5 | — | 162 | 173 |
| 1975 | <5 | — | 160 | 177 |
| 1974 | 5 | 1,832 | 189 | 150 |
| 1973 | <5 | — | 145 | 173 |
| 1972 | <5 | — | 169 | 163 |
| 1971 | <5 | — | 208 | 148 |
| 1970 | <5 | — | 255 | 136 |
| 1969 | <5 | — | 236 | 139 |
| 1968 | <5 | — | 253 | 124 |
| 1967 | <5 | — | 265 | 117 |
| 1966 | <5 | — | 265 | 123 |
| 1965 | <5 | — | 278 | 123 |
| 1964 | <5 | — | 367 | 97 |
| 1963 | <5 | — | 386 | 96 |
| 1962 | <5 | — | 458 | 84 |
| 1961 | <5 | — | 427 | 90 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | 397 | 97 |
| 1959 | <5 | — | 393 | 94 |
| 1958 | 5 | 1,440 | 407 | 88 |
| 1957 | 5 | 1,432 | 349 | 99 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | 354 | 86 |
| 1955 | <5 | — | 303 | 93 |
| 1954 | <5 | — | 275 | 97 |
| 1953 | 10 | 836 | 294 | 89 |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 274 | 89 |
| 1951 | 5 | 1,140 | 218 | 104 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 230 | 96 |
| 1949 | 5 | 1,072 | 205 | 107 |
| 1948 | <5 | — | 169 | 121 |
| 1947 | <5 | — | 196 | 114 |
| 1946 | 6 | 913 | 175 | 108 |
| 1945 | 11 | 585 | 135 | 111 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 109 | 126 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | 117 | 116 |
| 1942 | <5 | — | 105 | 116 |
| 1941 | <5 | — | 75 | 127 |
| 1940 | <5 | — | 76 | 117 |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 67 | 126 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 78 | 111 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | 66 | 119 |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 61 | 113 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 49 | 129 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | 48 | 136 |
| 1933 | <5 | — | 44 | 142 |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 41 | 148 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 37 | 166 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 41 | 155 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 33 | 178 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 31 | 184 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 21 | 227 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | 24 | 207 |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 33 | 169 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 35 | 163 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 31 | 172 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | 20 | 207 |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 15 | 238 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | 18 | 193 |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 15 | 206 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 11 | 237 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 25 | 125 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 15 | 177 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 7 | 281 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 5 | 297 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 9 | 178 |
| 1912 | <5 | — | 8 | 163 |