Jakai

What Jakai means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Jakai yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,346 in 2015, #569 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Jakai?

US: Rising: up from #1346 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 519 boys got the name (#569 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 3,291 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SC (1.23 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.99 per 1,000 boys), MO (0.83 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Jakai is #569 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jakai were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jahkai167 US · 10 E&W
• Jahki18 US
• Jakaii14 US
• Jaki13 US
• Jacai8 US
• Jekai7 US
• Jakoa6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Jakai

Boys

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Jonah#128“dove”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025

For a sister

• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Haven#190Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #190 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Emerson#122Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Tatum#189Editor’s note Used for both: 49% of US babies named Tatum in 2025 were girls

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jakai’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.