Girls' name · since 1978
Jaysa
Jaysa has 550 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 550
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaysa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 550 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Jaysa recorded 550 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2024.
- #11,171 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 550 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaysa ranks #11,171 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 550 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 550
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jaysa's 550 recorded births place it above 84.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaysa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaysa's full recorded timeline at 2006, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaysa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Jaysa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (245 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Jaysa's strongest decade.
245 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jaysa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s
2000s
245 births
- 2010s
2010s
154 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 245 births (45% of all-time use).
How Jaysa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaysa's total volume
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What to do with Jaysa's data
- Jaysa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (245 total births); usage has since declined to 33 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaysa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1978–2024 (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 Jaysa 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.