Jady — #12429 US girls' name
221 babies named Jady in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Jady was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jady in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jady
The Social Security Administration has registered 221 babies named Jady between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jady currently holds the #12429 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jady performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jady shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jady in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jady 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 221 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.
Jady at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jady popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2005)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #12429 among girls.
221 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 17 births in a single year.
Jady popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1985 (Jady as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jady accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jady by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 119 births that decade — 54% of Jady's all-time total
Jady decade highlights
- Peak decade 119 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jady's strongest decade
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Jady by state
Where Jady concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 7 | 3.2% |
7 of 221 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.