UK boy's name
C-Jay
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2020. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
C-Jay is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for C-Jay popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2020 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4608, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2007, with 10 births.
This profile covers 66 England and Wales registrations across 14 recorded years from 1998 to 2020. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 30% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 69 living people in the UK are called C-Jay. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2021 or 2026.
Key insights
- • C-Jay ranked #4608 for boys in England and Wales in 2020, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2007, when 10 boys were registered as C-Jay.
- • C-Jay ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #648 in 2011.
- • About 69 living people in the UK are estimated to have C-Jay as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4608
2020
Births in 2020
3
Latest year
Peak year
2007
10 births
Estimated living
69
2026
Popularity
C-Jay over time
The chart below shows babies named C-Jay registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1998 to 2020. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For C-Jay, the clearest high point is 2007. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2020, compared with 10 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
C-Jay by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether C-Jay was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4608 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010s | #3666 | 28 | 6 |
| 2000s | #3088 | 32 | 6 |
| 1990s | #2901 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where C-Jay is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for C-Jay. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
C-Jay ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #648 in 2011.
Across the UK
C-Jay in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#648 in 2011
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to C-Jay
- Charlie 104,761
- Callum 65,796
- Connor 53,072
- Cameron 40,394
- Charles 33,091
- Christopher 26,849
- Caleb 15,553
- Corey 12,622
- Carter 11,505
- Cody 11,075
- Conor 10,298
- Christian 9,695
FAQ
C-Jay: questions and answers
How popular is the name C-Jay in the UK right now?
In 2020, C-Jay was ranked #4608 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was C-Jay most popular?
The peak year on record was 2007, with 10 babies registered as C-Jay in England and Wales.
How many people are called C-Jay in the UK?
A total of 66 babies have been registered as C-Jay across the 14 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is C-Jay most common?
In the latest published local rankings, C-Jay ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #648 in 2011. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.