Jai

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A few things about Jai you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Jai

Jai Courtney

Australian actor (born 1986)

Choose Jai and your child shares a first name with Jai Courtney, an Australian actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Jai, like who?” Jai Courtney's Wikipedia article is available in 42 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 14,006 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Jai, 122 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Jai would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryJai first shows up in US birth records in 1957, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 68 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2014, when it reached #1,014.
• 🍂TrendJai has slipped 270 places over the last five years and now sits at #1,459. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedJai is most popular in Massachusetts, where it ranks #789, followed by Pennsylvania (#913) and California (#934). It's in the top 1,000 in 3 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlJai is given to both boys and girls: 87% of the 141 babies named Jai in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn Hindi, Jai means “victory”. Our records link it to Latin and Thai roots.
• 🌍OriginJai is the most popular Thai boy name in the US. That's out of 18 Thai boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Jai

Jai is a gender-neutral name of Latin and Thai origin meaning “victory”. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with J and ending in “-jai”. US birth records list Jai for boys from 1959 to 2025, in 64 of those 67 years. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked #1,014 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,459, with 122 babies. Of the 141 US babies named Jai in 2025, 13% were girls and 87% were boys.

Origin:Latin namesThai names