Unisex name · since 1997
Jirah
277 babies named Jirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,701 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 277
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jirah currently ranks #7701 among unisex names in America, with 277 babies recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Jirah recorded 277 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #7701 nationally today, ahead of 55% of girls, 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 1997 to 2025.
- #16,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,701 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 277 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jirah ranks #16,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,701 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 277 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,701 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 277
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jirah's 277 recorded births place it above 77.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jirah compares
277 44th 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
Jirah's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jirah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 277 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jirah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jirah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jirah popularity over time - boys
70 total births recorded since 2001 (Jirah as boys' name)
Jirah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (111 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Jirah's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
111 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 111 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Jirah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Jirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Jirah 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.