JAY is ranked as the 218th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 315,108.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 98.82 people named JAY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named JAY is 147,579.
The SSA data also shows that JAY is used as a boy's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
JAY is
78.5% White,
3.6% Hispanic origin,
11.3% Black,
4.3% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name JAY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name JAY is included in the following name categories:
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name JAY
The state with the most people named
JAY is
California where
33,599 people have this name.
Utah is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named JAY, as
206.83 in every 100,000
Utahns
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Utah is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Kentucky
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
2 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name JAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
12,495
97
99.6%
Indiana
8,253
125.11
99.4%
Iowa
4,072
131.06
99.3%
Kansas
4,726
162.73
99.1%
Michigan
7,788
78.59
99.6%
Minnesota
7,072
129.59
99.6%
Missouri
2,300
76.82
98.6%
Nebraska
2,832
150.5
98.7%
North Dakota
1,222
165.29
97.5%
Ohio
12,065
104.06
99.5%
South Dakota
1,256
147.18
97.3%
Wisconsin
6,756
117.33
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name JAY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,051
142.69
97.0%
Arizona
7,691
114.25
99.3%
California
33,599
86.59
99.8%
Colorado
7,334
136.93
99.4%
Hawaii
1,921
135.29
99.3%
Idaho
3,068
187.74
99.0%
Montana
1,789
174.73
98.3%
Nevada
2,999
105.63
99.0%
New Mexico
2,029
97.29
98.1%
Oregon
5,085
128.08
99.2%
Utah
6,087
206.83
99.4%
Washington
8,972
127.05
99.7%
Wyoming
1,044
178.79
97.6%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name JAY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have JAY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named JAY.
The most popular full name is JAY Johnson.
0.90% of all the people named JAY
have this family name.
There are 26302 last
names associated with this first name.