# Jay name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/jay
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Jay ranked #392 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #395.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #392
- Birth count: 809
- Rate per 10,000: 4.74

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Jay
- Rank: #395
- Birth count: 809
- Rate per 10,000: 4.74
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.02
- Expected per school of 300: 0.07
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.4%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1960
- Best rank year: 1960
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 18.8%

## Spelling components
- Jay: 809 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology