Unisex name · since 1978
Jarrah
Jarrah has 64 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jarrah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1978.
Jarrah has 64 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2015.
- #32,109 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarrah ranks #32,109 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,109 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jarrah's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jarrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jarrah splits its recorded history at 2001: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jarrah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2015
- Peak year (1978)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Jarrah popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 2012 (Jarrah as boys' name)
Jarrah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (21 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Jarrah's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Jarrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 21 births (33% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jarrah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
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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, 1978–2015 (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 Jarrah 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.