Jasai
Masculine
Jasai is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 1,647 boys against 13 girls since 1880.
Jasai is a genuinely modern American name — it appears in the national record only in this century, and it arrived without a dictionary entry behind it. What it does have is a familiar shape: the Ja- opening that American parents have been building names on for generations, closing on a bright open vowel that lands with some force at the end.
How old is the name Jasai?
Jasai first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. Jasai is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Jasais are still in diapers. About 1,600 people named Jasai are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jasai most popular?
Jasai peaked in 2025, reaching #439 nationally. Today it ranks #439, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jasai
Jasai comes into the record without a paper trail, which is its own kind of fact: somebody made it, fairly recently, and other families liked it enough to make it again. Its first syllable belongs to one of the most productive families in American naming — the Ja- names that parents have been inventing and reinventing for decades — and its ending lands on the same rising vowel as Isai and Isaiah. The seam where those two halves meet is where the name lives. It is short, it is stressed at the back, and it has been repeated by enough separate households, in enough separate places, to have stopped being one family's idea and become a name.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established meaning. What is documented is the name itself: a boy's name in US records, formed from elements that recur widely in American naming — the Ja- opening shared with Jamal, Javon and Jaden, and an ending that echoes Isai and Isaiah. Whether any one bearer's family intended that connection is not something the record captures.
Pronouncing Jasai
juh-SYE
Stress falls on the second syllable. Both juh-SYE (rhyming with Isai) and juh-SAY are heard, and no single version has settled as the standard, so whichever the family chooses will need saying out loud at first meetings.
Nicknames for Jasai
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2002
- Most boys named
- 2025719 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #439reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +330.5%719 in 2025, from 167
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jasai in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey.
Jasais among us
people named Jasai are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 2,376 born in 2025 was named Jasai
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jaron test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jasai's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jaron climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jaron's path sketches the road Jasai is walking now.
Jasai is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jasai is headed
Jasai looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 36% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jasai beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jasai in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Jay, the natural short form, is a familiar standalone name that any teacher, coach or employer already knows how to spell.
- The Ja- opening is a pattern Americans read at a glance, so the name looks intended rather than mistyped even on first sight.
- Short and end-stressed — two syllables that carry across a playground without needing to be shouted.
- Established in the national record rather than a one-off invention, while still uncommon enough that a classroom repeat is unlikely.
- The pronunciation genuinely isn't settled — juh-SYE and juh-SAY both circulate — so your child will correct people, gently and often, for life. Choosing one and saying it clearly from the start is most of the work.
- Spelling will need to be given out letter by letter. Jasiah, Jaisai and Isai all sit close enough to catch a listener who is only half paying attention.
- There is no meaning to offer when someone asks, which comes up more than parents expect. What you can say instead is where the sound comes from, and that it was chosen rather than inherited.
- It is climbing rather than settled, so it may feel less unusual by the time your child is in secondary school than it does today.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jasais are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,600 people named Jasai are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jasai in 2025?
- Jasai ranks #439 among US boy names in 2025, with 719 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jasai?
- About 1 in every 2,376 US boys born in 2025 was named Jasai — 719 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jasai with classmates?
- Jasai will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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