Girls' name · since 2001
Jaiah
185 babies named Jaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,941 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
185 babies have been named Jaiah since 2001, making it today's #15941 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaiah has been recorded 185 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #15941 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #20,595 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,941 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 185 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaiah ranks #20,595 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,941 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 185 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,595 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,941 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 185
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jaiah's 185 recorded births place it above 71.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
How Jaiah compares
185 35th 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
Jaiah's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 185 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaiah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jaiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (91 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Jaiah's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Jaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 91 births (49% of all-time use).
Jaiah by state
Where Jaiah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 185 births nationwide.
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What to do with Jaiah's data
- Jaiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Ohio records the most Jaiahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio 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 Jaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Jaiah 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.