Unisex name · since 1990
Jayd
349 babies named Jayd in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 349
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jayd currently ranks #13727 among unisex names in America, with 349 babies recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayd has been recorded 349 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #13727 nationally and more common than 21% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #14,655 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,727 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 349 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayd ranks #14,655 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,727 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 349 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,655 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,727 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 349
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jayd's 349 recorded births place it above 79.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jayd compares
349 48th 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
Jayd's all-time total is 7% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jayd | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 349 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jayd's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jayd splits its recorded history at 2005: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jayd popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Jayd popularity over time - boys
117 total births recorded since 1990 (Jayd as boys' name)
Jayd by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (132 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Jayd's strongest decade.
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jayd births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
117 births
- 2000s
2000s
132 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 132 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jayd's decade-level peak was the 2000s (132 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jayd: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
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, 1990–2025 (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 Jayd 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.