Unisex name · since 1997
Jakiah
Jakiah has 461 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,735 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 461
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakiah currently ranks #15735 among unisex names in America, with 461 babies recorded since 1997.
Jakiah has 461 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15735 as of the latest data, more common than 9% 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 1997 to 2025.
- #12,456 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,735 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 461 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakiah ranks #12,456 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,735 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 461 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,456 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,735 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 461
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakiah's 461 recorded births place it above 82.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Jakiah compares
461 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Jakiah's all-time total is 23% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jakiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 461 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jakiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jakiah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jakiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jakiah popularity over time - boys
97 total births recorded since 1997 (Jakiah as boys' name)
Jakiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (246 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Jakiah's strongest decade.
246 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Jakiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
246 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 246 births (53% of all-time use).
Jakiah by state
Where Jakiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
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What to do with Jakiah's data
- Jakiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (246 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Georgia records the most Jakiahs (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jakiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Jakiah 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.