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Baby name
Jay
Boy
Origin of the name
Jay is a short form of names beginning with J; it is also the name of a bird.
Classic name
195,548births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 78rank at its peak, in 1960
Where babies named Jay are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Jay is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Jay is most common in Utah (2.4 times), Idaho (2.3) and North Dakota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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