Girls' name · since 1998
Jahla
Jahla has 53 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jahla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1998.
Jahla has 53 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1998 to 2013.
- #34,334 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahla ranks #34,334 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jahla's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jahla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jahla's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jahla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2013
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Jahla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (32 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Jahla's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Jahla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
32 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 32 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Jahla's decade-level peak was the 2000s (32 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jahla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1998–2013 (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 Jahla 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.