Girls' name · since 1997
Jahnaya
120 babies named Jahnaya in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jahnaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 120 have been recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahnaya has been recorded 120 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1997 to 2012.
- #25,114 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 120 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahnaya ranks #25,114 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jahnaya's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jahnaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jahnaya splits its recorded history at 2005: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jahnaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2012
- Peak year (2006)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Jahnaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 73% of the file).
2000s was Jahnaya's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Jahnaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (73% of all-time use).
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- Jahnaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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 Jahnaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
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, 1997–2012 (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 Jahnaya 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.