Girls' name · since 2002
Jahya
Jahya has 25 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jahya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Jahya recorded 25 times among girls since 2002, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 2002 to 2016.
- #43,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahya ranks #43,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #43,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jahya's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jahya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jahya's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jahya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2016
- Peak year (2016)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Jahya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Jahya's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Jahya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jahya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2002–2016 (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 Jahya 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.