Jai
given name · Latin script
Meaning: conqueror; victor. a kind of flute
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒeɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jai is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AUAustralia≈1 in 7.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 9.9K
- USUnited States1 in 2Kas Jay
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jai itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 382 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.3K (inferred from the name graph)
164,097 named Jay, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Australia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Joy in BD Bangladesh.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
conqueror; victor. a kind of flute.
Sources 1
- The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Jai, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jai counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 164,097as Jay | 1 in 2K | 160K | Jai | 382 |
| BD Bangladesh | #135 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Joy | 92 |
| PK Pakistan | — | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 46K | listed | Jai | 35 |
| AU Australia | #795 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | 112 | Jai | 174 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 9.9K | — | Jai | 40 |
| SE Sweden | — | 1,721as Joy | 1 in 5.9K | 1.7K | — | 10 |
| GY Guyana | #858 | 664as Joy | 1 in 1.1K | 664 | Jai | 3 |
164,097 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling jay. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jai is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Variant of yay.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In ium, alternative form of jae (“chicken”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Lithuanian, third-person singular dative of ji
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In iba, bad, evil (of personality)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In got, romanization of 𐌾𐌰𐌹
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jai Uttalb. 1951USAmerican singer-songwriter
- Jai Ram Thakurb. 1965INIndian politician
- Jai Westb. 1976CACanadian actor
- Jai Crawfordb. 1983AUAustralian bicycle racer
- Jai Lewisb. 1983USAmerican basketball player (born 1983)
- Jai Courtneyb. 1986AUAustralian actor (born 1986)
- Jai McDowallb. 1986GBBritish singer
- Jai Wolfb. 1991BDBangladeshi-American DJ
- Jai Arrowb. 1995AUAustralian rugby league footballer
- Jai Hindleyb. 1996AUAustralian cyclist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 61 sources across 32 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.2K | #3,209 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #3,209 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 147 | #448 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 122 | — |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2008 | 112 | #90 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2014 | 72 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 59 | #12,171 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 17 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1944 | 15 | — |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 12 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 12 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Jai?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒeɪ/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- What are other forms of the name Jai?
- In the etymology graph, Jay, Kuba and Jacquy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Jai a male or female name?
- Jai is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What does the name Jai mean, and where does it come from?
- conqueror; victor. a kind of flute. Recorded by The Penguin book of Hindu names for boys.
- In which country does Jai have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 164 thousand people named Jay, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Jai?
- In the United States, the national register counted 164,097 people named Jay in 2020, about 1 in 2.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Jai compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Jai is the 135th most common given name of 29,323 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jai?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jaiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jai” — the 135th most common given name in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.