Girls' name · since 1976
Jarah
433 babies named Jarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 433
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jarah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 433 recorded since 1976.
Jarah has 433 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1976 to 2023.
- #12,887 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 433 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarah ranks #12,887 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 433 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,887 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 433
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jarah's 433 recorded births place it above 82.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jarah's full recorded timeline at 1997, 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 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jarah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2023
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Jarah popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1999 (Jarah as boys' name)
Jarah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Jarah's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Jarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 35
1970s
35 births
- 1980s
1980s
86 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
68 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Jarah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Jarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1976–2023 (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 Jarah 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.