Jada — #1222 US girls' name
67,206 babies named Jada in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Jada was born in this single decade.
4,267 babies were named Jada in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jada
The Social Security Administration has registered 67,206 babies named Jada between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jada currently holds the #1222 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 4,267 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jada performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 37,080 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Jada shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 4,789 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jada in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jada in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 67,206 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jada at a glance
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Jada popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2005)
- 4,267
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #1222 among girls.
67,206 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 4,267 births in a single year.
Jada popularity over time — boys
256 total births recorded since 1972 (Jada as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jada accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jada by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 37,080 births that decade — 55% of Jada's all-time total
Jada decade highlights
- Peak decade 37,080 births
- Runner-up 12,412 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jada's strongest decade
37,080 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Jada by state
Where Jada concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 4,789 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,666 | 6.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,539 | 6.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 4,416 | 6.6% |
| #5 | California | | 3,655 | 5.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 3,293 | 4.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 3,269 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 2,388 | 3.6% |
4,789 of 67,206 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 7.1% of nationwide
- Texas 6.9% of nationwide
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- Georgia 6.6% of nationwide
- California 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jada appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.