Girls' name · since 1996
Jahlia
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 269 babies named Jahlia, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
269 babies have been named Jahlia since 1996, making it today's #11369 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahlia has been recorded 269 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #11369 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #16,885 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,369 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 269 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahlia ranks #16,885 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,369 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 269 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,885 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,369 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jahlia's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jahlia compares
269 43rd 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
Jahlia's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahlia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 269 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jahlia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jahlia's full recorded timeline at 2011, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jahlia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jahlia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (101 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Jahlia's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jahlia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 23
1990s
23 births
- 2000s
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
101 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 101 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jahlia's data
- Jahlia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (101 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- 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 Jahlia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Jahlia 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.