Girls' name · since 2001

Jniah

29 babies named Jniah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#41,315 of 72,339
all-time among girls
29
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade

Jniah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 2001.

Jniah has 29 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2014.

  • #41,315 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 29 born since 2001
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jniah ranks #41,315 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.

#41,315 of 72,339
all-time among girls
29
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Jniah's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Jniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jniah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2001, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jniah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2014

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2014)
7
Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20012003200620082014 7

Jniah by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 76% of the file).

2000s was Jniah's strongest decade.

22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.

Jniah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (76% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jniah?
29 babies have been named Jniah since 2001. All-time, it sits at #41,315 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2014 with 7 births.
Where does Jniah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jniah ranks #41,315 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jniah most popular?
Jniah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Jniah been used?
Jniah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 14 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Jniah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jniyah, Jniya, Jnia, Jniaya. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jniah's data

  • Jniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- 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.

Keep exploring Jniah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2014 (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 Jniah 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.