Girls' name · since 1998

Jaraya

Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 52 babies named Jaraya, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#34,559 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,921 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
52
born since 1998
2020s
peak decade

52 babies have been named Jaraya since 1998, making it today's #13921 girls' name.

Jaraya has 52 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13921 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #34,559 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,921 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 52 born since 1998
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaraya ranks #34,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,921 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 52 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.

#34,559 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,921 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
52
born since 1998
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%19.5%
Jaraya vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jaraya's 52 recorded births place it above 52.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Jaraya compares

52 16th 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

Jaraya's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jaraya Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 52 376 567,345
Peak-year births 7 21 19,840

Jaraya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Jaraya's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Jaraya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2009)
7
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 199820082009201420152020202120222025 6

Jaraya by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 42% of the file).

2020s was Jaraya's strongest decade.

22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Jaraya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaraya?
Since 1998, Social Security records show 52 babies named Jaraya. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #34,559 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,921 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 7 births.
Where does Jaraya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaraya ranks #34,559 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,921 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jaraya most popular?
Jaraya was most popular in the 2020s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Jaraya been used?
Records for Jaraya go back to 1998, giving 28 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Jaraya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jariah, Jariyah, Jarely, Jara, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jaraya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1998–2025 (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 Jaraya 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.