Jay Forename
687th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,196,067 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands
Jay Forename Definition:
Originally a nickname (from the discordant bird) and then a surname, has in America become a Christian name.
Jay Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 95% | 567,426 | 1:2,141 | 206 |
| United States | 100% | 372,042 | 1:974 | 208 |
| Philippines | 91% | 145,401 | 1:729 | 127 |
| Canada | 100% | 22,652 | 1:1,463 | 327 |
| England | 65% | 18,142 | 1:3,065 | 425 |
| Australia | - | 8,042 | 1:1,698 | 333 |
| Ghana | - | 5,506 | 1:4,901 | 623 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,006 | 1:5,192 | 885 |
| Mozambique | - | 3,840 | 1:7,095 | 1,242 |
| Myanmar | - | 3,150 | 1:16,492 | 440 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,763 | 1:1,642 | 354 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 2,746 | 1:4,206 | 526 |
| Bangladesh | 71% | 2,108 | 1:75,646 | 5,664 |
| Malaysia | 77% | 1,949 | 1:15,623 | 1,627 |
| South Africa | 86% | 1,932 | 1:28,226 | 3,512 |
| China | - | 1,927 | 1:708,903 | 30,013 |
| Angola | - | 1,889 | 1:14,276 | 1,436 |
| Poland | 90% | 1,555 | 1:24,455 | 819 |
| Thailand | 95% | 1,403 | 1:49,940 | 5,350 |
| South Korea | - | 1,364 | 1:4,065 | 739 |
| Netherlands | 97% | 1,321 | 1:12,795 | 1,414 |
| Fiji | - | 1,295 | 1:689 | 116 |
| Pakistan | 78% | 1,212 | 1:160,361 | 5,872 |
| Indonesia | 64% | 973 | 1:265,122 | 23,851 |
| Oman | - | 842 | 1:4,880 | 665 |
| Bahrain | - | 769 | 1:1,754 | 294 |
| Scotland | 50% | 766 | 1:6,985 | 576 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Singapore | 91% | 677 | 1:9,287 | 1,883 |
| Wales | 72% | 675 | 1:4,584 | 569 |
| Japan | - | 654 | 1:195,697 | 6,756 |
| Germany | 78% | 624 | 1:154,932 | 2,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63% | 622 | 1:13,107 | 1,310 |
| Qatar | 100% | 613 | 1:3,866 | 588 |
| Nigeria | 90% | 539 | 1:329,433 | 11,878 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 536 | 1:44,346 | 6,904 |
| Morocco | - | 519 | 1:66,182 | 2,499 |
| Kenya | 100% | 495 | 1:93,550 | 5,049 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 464 | 1:2,797 | 500 |
| Kuwait | - | 456 | 1:8,301 | 1,013 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 445 | 1:23,441 | 2,090 |
| Malawi | 100% | 444 | 1:38,541 | 2,809 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 411 | 1:179,629 | 8,158 |
| Brazil | 100% | 406 | 1:527,675 | 16,966 |
| Hong Kong | - | 406 | 1:19,095 | 2,066 |
| Portugal | - | 341 | 1:30,530 | 1,256 |
| Egypt | 67% | 325 | 1:282,772 | 9,197 |
| Russia | 74% | 280 | 1:515,120 | 5,576 |
| Ireland | 100% | 279 | 1:16,643 | 920 |
| Guam | - | 276 | 1:582 | 98 |
| Suriname | 100% | 230 | 1:2,404 | 565 |
| Samoa | - | 228 | 1:856 | 261 |
| France | 100% | 226 | 1:294,117 | 4,057 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 185 | 1:285,342 | 10,208 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 174 | 1:3,339 | 490 |
| Liberia | 98% | 168 | 1:26,262 | 1,678 |
| Zimbabwe | 93% | 156 | 1:98,871 | 7,180 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 152 | 1:47,053 | 4,279 |
| Mexico | 85% | 150 | 1:827,630 | 7,347 |
| Zambia | - | 144 | 1:110,103 | 4,973 |
| Nepal | - | 138 | 1:206,430 | 8,693 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 136 | 1:1,146 | 325 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Botswana | - | 127 | 1:17,200 | 2,174 |
| Sweden | 90% | 126 | 1:78,237 | 3,601 |
| Northern Ireland | 68% | 113 | 1:16,311 | 909 |
| Switzerland | 84% | 113 | 1:72,686 | 2,666 |
| Israel | 92% | 111 | 1:75,702 | 3,793 |
| Spain | 100% | 106 | 1:438,962 | 5,943 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 82 | 1:397,848 | 7,399 |
| Belgium | 96% | 80 | 1:143,626 | 4,160 |
| Italy | 72% | 80 | 1:763,276 | 7,180 |
| Vietnam | 50% | 69 | 1:1,342,364 | 2,902 |
| Bahamas | - | 65 | 1:6,144 | 853 |
| Panama | 100% | 65 | 1:60,101 | 3,684 |
| Denmark | - | 64 | 1:88,273 | 2,673 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 62 | 1:21,958 | 2,521 |
| Bermuda | - | 60 | 1:1,080 | 237 |
| Iraq | 100% | 53 | 1:660,714 | 6,510 |
| Peru | 98% | 53 | 1:599,839 | 9,954 |
| Ecuador | - | 51 | 1:347,587 | 4,498 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 48 | 1:2,286 | 461 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 46 | 1:1,188 | 244 |
| Uganda | 80% | 45 | 1:910,154 | 16,462 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Chile | 64% | 39 | 1:451,467 | 5,727 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| American Samoa | - | 37 | 1:1,509 | 210 |
| Kazakhstan | 62% | 37 | 1:479,644 | 7,191 |
| Ethiopia | 50% | 36 | 1:2,710,004 | 9,023 |
| Norway | 100% | 35 | 1:146,638 | 4,100 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 35 | 1:862,911 | 19,455 |
| Jamaica | - | 29 | 1:99,422 | 4,259 |
| Colombia | 67% | 28 | 1:1,706,390 | 15,412 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 28 | 1:126,796 | 2,116 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Estonia | - | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Barbados | - | 25 | 1:11,592 | 1,168 |
| Hungary | 100% | 25 | 1:391,671 | 1,580 |
| Latvia | 100% | 25 | 1:80,626 | 1,731 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 25 | 1:283,547 | 466 |
| Lithuania | - | 22 | 1:134,176 | 1,681 |
| Belize | 100% | 21 | 1:16,872 | 2,067 |
| Austria | 100% | 20 | 1:425,710 | 4,293 |
| Finland | 92% | 20 | 1:274,159 | 4,096 |
| Honduras | 100% | 20 | 1:440,873 | 7,120 |
| Macau | - | 20 | 1:30,410 | 434 |
| Cambodia | - | 19 | 1:856,491 | 14,474 |
| Nicaragua | 80% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Belarus | 88% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 17 | 1:3,606 | 715 |
| Czechia | 89% | 17 | 1:626,833 | 2,751 |
| Greece | 100% | 17 | 1:643,209 | 7,655 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Saint Lucia | 75% | 16 | 1:11,113 | 1,461 |
| Costa Rica | 92% | 15 | 1:317,863 | 5,868 |
| Lebanon | 67% | 15 | 1:375,171 | 5,607 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Romania | - | 13 | 1:1,542,460 | 22,573 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 12 | 1:1,800,875 | 40,142 |
| Guyana | 100% | 12 | 1:63,605 | 5,544 |
| Congo | 100% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Cyprus | - | 11 | 1:79,189 | 2,418 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 10 | 1:1,610,843 | 5,373 |
| Gabon | - | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 8 | 1:2,884,492 | 56,420 |
| Jersey | - | 8 | 1:12,498 | 955 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 8 | 1:6,858 | 1,062 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 67% | 8 | 1:13,948 | 1,861 |
| Ukraine | - | 8 | 1:5,687,488 | 9,604 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Maldives | - | 7 | 1:61,986 | 1,836 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Bhutan | 60% | 6 | 1:137,488 | 2,765 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Isle of Man | - | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Brunei | - | 5 | 1:83,914 | 1,339 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Turkey | - | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Grenada | 100% | 4 | 1:27,031 | 2,323 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Monaco | - | 4 | 1:9,616 | 1,312 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Tuvalu | - | 4 | 1:2,783 | 28 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Senegal | - | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Lesotho | - | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Croatia | - | 1 | 1:4,217,076 | 20,943 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Jordan | 60% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Pitcairn Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:52 | 1 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Jäy (1) are calculated separately.
Jay (55,828) may also be a surname.
Jay Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Originally a nickname (from the discordant bird) and then a surname, has in America become a Christian name.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: Gay.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Jay Forename Popularity
Jay Demographics
Average Male Jay Height
176.47 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 20,380 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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