Jayah — #7059 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 630 babies named Jayah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jayah currently holds the #7059 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 302 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jayah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 45 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jayah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jayah 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 630 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.