Girls' name · since 1989
Jaia
859 babies named Jaia in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,504 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 859
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jaia is the #4504 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 859 recorded since 1989.
Jaia has 859 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4504 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, 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 1989 to 2025.
- #8,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,504 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 859 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaia ranks #8,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,504 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 859 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,504 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 859
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaia's 859 recorded births place it above 88.46% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jaia compares
859 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Jaia's all-time total is 128% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 859 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaia's full recorded timeline at 2008, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 36 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Jaia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (310 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Jaia's strongest decade.
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Jaia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 112
1990s
112 births
- 2000s
2000s
310 births
- 2010s
2010s
254 births
- 2020s
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 310 births (36% of all-time use).
How Jaia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaia's total volume
Jaia by state
Where Jaia concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 10 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.7% |
20 of 859 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Jaia's data
- Jaia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (310 total births) through the 2020s (178) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jaias (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Jaia: 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 (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Jaia 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.