Girls' name · since 1998
Jya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Jya, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,922 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jya is the #13922 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 91 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jya has been recorded 91 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #13922 nationally and more common than 20% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #28,178 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,922 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jya ranks #28,178 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,922 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 91 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,178 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,922 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jya's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jya compares
91 23rd 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
Jya's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jya's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (55 births, 60% of the file).
2000s was Jya's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Jya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 55 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Jya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- 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 Jya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Jya 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.