Girls' name · since 2001
Jyah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 27 babies named Jyah, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #42,252 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,922 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
27 babies have been named Jyah since 2001, making it today's #15922 girls' name.
Jyah has 27 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15922 as of the latest data, more common than 8% of girls, 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 2025.
- #42,252 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,922 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 27 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jyah ranks #42,252 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,922 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 27 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #42,252 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,922 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jyah's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jyah compares
27 10th 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
Jyah's all-time total is 93% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jyah's full recorded timeline at 2004, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Jyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Jyah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Jyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jyah's data
- Jyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
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 Jyah 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.