Jaynah — girls' name
35 babies named Jaynah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
35 girls have been named Jaynah since 1997, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2016.
- 35
- total births
- 1997–2016
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Jaynah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Jaynah in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaynah
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Jaynah between 1997 and 2016, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaynah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaynah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaynah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaynah 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 35 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.
Jaynah at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaynah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
35 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 7 births in a single year.
Jaynah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 34% of Jaynah's all-time total
Jaynah decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaynah's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.