Jirah — #7070 US unisex name
262 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.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Jirah was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Jirah in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jirah
The Social Security Administration has registered 262 babies named Jirah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jirah currently holds the #7070 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Jirah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 60 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jirah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jirah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jirah 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 262 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.
Jirah at a glance
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Current rank
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Jirah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2023)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #7070 among girls.
262 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 23 births in a single year.
Jirah popularity over time — boys
60 total births recorded since 2001 (Jirah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jirah accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jirah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 111 births that decade — 42% of Jirah's all-time total
Jirah decade highlights
- Peak decade 111 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jirah's strongest decade
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1997–2024 (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.