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.

#35,029 of 72,339
all-time among girls
50
born since 2006
2010s
peak 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.

  • #35,029 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 50 born since 2006
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayanah ranks #35,029 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.

#35,029 of 72,339
all-time among girls
50
born since 2006
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jayanah's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% 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

2010s is the heaviest window (26 births, 52% of the file).

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 August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jayanah? ▼
Since 2006, Social Security records show 50 babies named Jayanah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #35,029 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2015. Its busiest year on record was 2009, with 9 births.
Where does Jayanah sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayanah ranks #35,029 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
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.

Keep exploring Jayanah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jayanah: 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, 2006–2015 (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 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 August 2026.