Jarah — girls' name
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.
The verdict
433 girls have been named Jarah since 1976, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2023.
- 433
- total births
- 1976–2023
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 31%
- born in that decade
31% of everyone ever named Jarah was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Jarah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jarah
The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Jarah between 1976 and 2023, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jarah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jarah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jarah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jarah 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 433 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.
Jarah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jarah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1976
- Peak year (2008)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
433 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 21 births in a single year.
Jarah popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1999 (Jarah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jarah accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jarah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 136 births that decade — 31% of Jarah's all-time total
Jarah decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jarah's strongest decade
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–2023 (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.