Jaiah — #16275 US girls' name
180 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.
More common than 8% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Jaiah was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Jaiah in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 180 babies named Jaiah between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaiah currently holds the #16275 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 180 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jaiah at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #16275 among girls.
180 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 15 births in a single year.
Jaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 91 births that decade — 51% of Jaiah's all-time total
Jaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 91 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jaiah's strongest decade
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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 | 2.8% |
5 of 180 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.