Girls' name · since 2006

Jayanah

Since 2006, U.S. Social Security records show 50 babies named Jayanah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

50
total births
2006–2015
years on record
2010s
peak decade
52%
born in that decade

Jayanah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 50 have been recorded since 2006.

Jayanah has 50 recorded births among girls since 2006, 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 2006 to 2015.

  • 50 total births
  • 2006–2015 years on record
  • 2010s peak decade
  • 52% born in that decade

Data updated Jul 2026

Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jayanah's 50 recorded births place it above 51% 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.

Jayanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jayanah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jayanah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2015

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
45678910 2006200820092010201120132015 7

Jayanah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

2010s was Jayanah's strongest decade.

26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.

Jayanah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 26 births (52% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jayanah?
Since 2006, Social Security records show 50 babies named Jayanah. The most recent recorded year was 2015. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 9 births.
When was Jayanah most popular?
Jayanah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Jayanah been used?
The SSA has tracked Jayanah since 2006 -- 10 years through the most recent 2015 data.
What names are similar to Jayanah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jayla, Jayne, Jayden, Jayda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of July 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, 2006–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac. "Jayanah: Baby Name Since 2006 - 50 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jayanah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 Jayanah 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 July 2026.