Ja

Where Ja comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ja.

  • Vowel-ended
Ja through the years
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #3,963 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Peak, #3,168
    13 babies named Ja, its best rank.
  3. 1982
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #5,619.
  4. 2008
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

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