Girls' name · since 2005
Jayniah
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 46 babies named Jayniah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jayniah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 46 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayniah has been recorded 46 times among girls since 2005, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2016.
- #35,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jayniah ranks #35,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #35,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jayniah's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jayniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jayniah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jayniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2016
- Peak year (2011)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jayniah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (27 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Jayniah's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jayniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 27 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jayniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2005–2016 (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 Jayniah 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.