Girls' name · since 1981
Jadah
1,883 babies named Jadah in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,256 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,883
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jadah is the #12256 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,883 recorded since 1981.
Jadah has 1,883 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12256 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #4,875 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,256 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,883 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jadah ranks #4,875 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,256 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,883 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,256 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,883
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jadah's 1,883 recorded births place it above 93.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Jadah compares
1,883 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jadah's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jadah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,883 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 143 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jadah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jadah's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 143, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jadah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 143
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Jadah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,127 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Jadah's strongest decade.
1,127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Jadah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 28
1980s
28 births
- 1990s 266
1990s
266 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,127 births
- 2010s 416
2010s
416 births
- 2020s 46
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,127 births (60% of all-time use).
How Jadah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jadah's total volume
Jadah by state
Where Jadah concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 134 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 112 | 5.9% |
| #3 | California | | 107 | 5.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 102 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 83 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 41 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 37 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 27 | 1.4% |
134 of 1,883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Jadah appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jadah's data
- Jadah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,127 total births); usage has since declined to 46 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Jadahs (134 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jadah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jadah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.