Girls' name · since 1988
Jahara
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 262 babies named Jahara, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,545 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 262
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jahara is the #15545 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 262 recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Jahara recorded 262 times among girls since 1988, holding rank #15545 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #17,136 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,545 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 262 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahara ranks #17,136 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,545 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 262 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,136 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,545 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 262
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jahara's 262 recorded births place it above 76.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jahara compares
262 42nd percentile among 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
Jahara's all-time total is 30% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 262 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jahara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jahara splits its recorded history at 2010: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jahara popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Jahara popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1980 (Jahara as boys' name)
Jahara by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Jahara's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jahara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
70 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Jahara's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Jahara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Jahara 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.