Jahki
A unisex Punjabi name meaning "world, earth, universe".
Name Census estimates that about 439 living Americans carry the first name Jahki. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Jahki today is around 14 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jahki births was 2008 (28 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jahki. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
439
~ 1 in 780,762 Americans
Peak year
2008
28 babies that year
Average age
14
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,612
Tracked since 1998
Census
Jahki in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 290 people with the first name Jahki, which placed it at #30,183 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#30,183
National first-name rank
People counted
290
290 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
87.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jahki
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jahki is Black at 87.9%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (6.6%) and Hispanic (4.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jahki described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jahki at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American87.9% · 255
- Two or more races6.6% · 19
- Hispanic or Latino4.5% · 13
- White0.7% · 2
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.3% · 1
Popularity
Jahki: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jahki from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 187 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Jahki remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jahki by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jahki during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jahkis live
The SSA's state-level files cover 4 states and territories. New Jersey, Connecticut, New York recorded the most babies named Jahki, while Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 5 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jahki
The name Jahki has its origins in the Inuit language, spoken by the indigenous people of the Arctic regions of North America. It is believed to have originated in the late 17th century or early 18th century. The name is derived from the Inuktitut word "jahkki," which means "year" or "season."
Jahki was a relatively uncommon name in earlier centuries, but it gained some prominence in the 19th century. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name was Jahki Inuksuk, an Inuit hunter and explorer from Baffin Island, who was born around 1820. He is known for his contributions to the mapping of the Canadian Arctic and his interactions with European explorers.
Another notable figure with the name Jahki was Jahki Aupilak, an Inuit artist and carver from Nunavut, Canada, who lived from 1878 to 1957. His intricate carvings of animals and human figures are highly regarded and can be found in museums and private collections around the world.
In the early 20th century, Jahki Angnatuk, an Inuit guide and interpreter from Greenland, played a crucial role in several Danish and Norwegian Arctic expeditions between 1920 and 1935. His knowledge of the region and its people was invaluable to the success of these expeditions.
Jahki Ottochie, born in 1920 in the Northwest Territories, Canada, was a respected Inuit elder and storyteller. He was known for his efforts in preserving and sharing the traditional knowledge and oral histories of his people.
Jahki Sivattiaq, an Inuit sculptor and printmaker from Canada, was born in 1949 and is renowned for his contemporary interpretations of traditional Inuit art forms. His works have been exhibited internationally and are held in numerous public and private collections.
While the name Jahki was once primarily used within Inuit communities, it has gained wider recognition in recent decades as a result of increased cultural awareness and appreciation for indigenous names and their significance.
People
Jahki + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jahki as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jahki: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jahki?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 439 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jahki going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 780,762 US residents.
Is Jahki a common name?
We classify Jahki as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 443 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jahki most popular?
The single biggest year for Jahki was 2008, when 28 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jahki is about 14 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jahki in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 290 people with the name Jahki, or 0.10 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #30,183 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jahki in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jahki?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jahki leans strongly male. 278 people counted with this name were male (96.5%), compared with 10 female bearers (3.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jahki?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jahki is Black at 87.9%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (6.6%) and Hispanic (4.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jahki most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Jahki in the 2020 Census, accounting for 87.9% (255 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jahki in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jahki a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jahki in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jahki still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jahki in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jahki can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Jahki?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people have the name Jahki at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.