Girls' name · since 2001
Jniyah
Jniyah has 266 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,018 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jniyah currently ranks #14018 among girls' names in America, with 266 babies recorded since 2001.
Social Security Administration records show Jniyah recorded 266 times among girls since 2001, holding rank #14018 nationally today, ahead of 19% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #16,995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,018 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 266 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jniyah ranks #16,995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,018 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 266 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,018 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 266
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jniyah's 266 recorded births place it above 76.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Jniyah compares
266 42nd 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
Jniyah's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jniyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 266 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jniyah's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jniyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (142 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Jniyah's strongest decade.
142 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Jniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
142 births
- 2010s
2010s
112 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 142 births (53% of all-time use).
Jniyah by state
Where Jniyah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 266 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Jniyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (142 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jniyahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Jniyah 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.