Jada

#1,200 for girls in 2025, 190 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 3,983 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
67,400
since 1920

Jada over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #75, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,200190#12,0085
2024#1,217194
2023#1,032246
2022#835336
2021#684425
2020#539558#12,0225
2019#468669
2018#392780
2017#424751#9,6967
2016#395840
2015#3021,068
2014#2911,120#12,1085
2013#2471,295
2012#2061,516#12,2745
2011#1661,898
2010#1282,476#8,1399
2009#1132,900#5,55416
2008#1103,161#9,0198
2007#953,571#8,9158
2006#923,674#5,52515
2005#764,267#4,82417
2004#813,891#3,28529
2003#793,987#5,87712
2002#783,899#4,70316
2001#753,983#3,61723
2000#843,747#4,78515
1999#1112,917
1998#1192,711#7,5607
1997#1651,856#6,1009
1996#2251,257#9,0155
1995#2461,153#6,9927
1994#488510#8,8005
1993#643348#8,7005
1992#715298
1991#977192
1990#999182
1989#1,032166
1988#945178
1987#941174
1986#950166#6,7215
1985#913173#6,5235
1984#918162
1983#937158
1982#812195
1981#822192
1980#817195
1979#687248
1978#747208
1977#644257
1976#939136#5,5875
1975#859156
1974#716201#4,1907
1973#897139
1972#908137#4,4416
1971#854158
1970#833164
1969#892139
1968#1,07497
1967#1,32468
1966#1,011104
1965#1,025103
1964#1,12595
1963#1,21881
1962#1,47657
1961#2,35926
1960#3,68812
1959#2,59620
1958#1,93932
1957#1,62844
1956#2,15126
1955#2,72517
1954#4,6557
1953#4,5957
1952#3,7969
1951#4,8336
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1944#4,5745
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five girls were named Jada! It came in at #4,975, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Jada is popular in 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,032 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,597 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedINOhio: #686 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,648 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedARTennessee: #442 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,333 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #562 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,615 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #509 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,005 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMSAlabama: #579 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,522 girlsALGeorgia: #476 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,298 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedHITexas: #844 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 9,189 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#442 · 1 in 4,333
  2. Georgia#476 · 1 in 4,298
  3. Louisiana#509 · 1 in 4,005
  4. North Carolina#562 · 1 in 6,615
  5. Alabama#579 · 1 in 5,522

Best ever in a state: #13 in District of Columbia, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#44271 in 4,333
Georgia#47691 in 4,298
Louisiana#50981 in 4,005
North Carolina#56261 in 6,615
Alabama#57951 in 5,522
Ohio#68681 in 10,648
Texas#844101 in 9,189
Illinois#1,03251 in 17,597
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Jada
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#1,217#1,200)
  • 661 spots since 2020 (#539#1,200)
  • 898 spots since 2015 (#302#1,200)
  • Biggest jump: 295 spots in 1977 (#939#644)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 2023 (#835#1,032)
Rise & fade · girls
81 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 2001 at #75 (3,983 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2000–2007
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1990–2022
Share of babies · girls
1 in 433
  • Highest: 1 in 433 girls born in 2005 were named Jada (0.23%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,459 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #75 in 2001, was only 1 in 452 (0.22%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 55.0% of all girls named Jada (37,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,975 (1920)#4,975
1930s11#3,782 (1939)#4,000
1940s5#4,574 (1944)#4,574
1950s168#1,628 (1957)#3,213
1960s782#892 (1969)#1,519
1970s1,804#644 (1977)#808
1980s1,759#812 (1982)#909
1990s11,424#111 (1999)#469
2000s37,080#75 (2001)#88
2010s12,413#128 (2010)#302
2020s1,949#539 (2020)#918

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jada in 1966

girls
#1,011
104 births · 1 in 16,271 girls

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #1,011Jada104
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 16,271 of them was named Jada, which outranked 86.7% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jada
  1. #999Muriel105
  2. #999Nedra105
  3. #999Tracee105
  4. #1,011Jada104
  5. #1,011Fontella104
  6. #1,011Kenneth104
  7. #1,011Lilly104
  8. #1,017Eloise103
  9. #1,017Esperanza103
  10. #1,017Jacki103

Tied with 5 names at #1,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. 6,121Tabatha#6,539#418
  2. 1,469Tabitha#1,993#524
  3. 1,325Joell#2,247#922
  4. 1,047Tatia#1,715#668
  5. 969Nichole#1,829#860
Fallers
  1. 398Barb#815#1,213
  2. 310Jewell#952#1,262
  3. 288Roxie#944#1,232
  4. 284Aretha#818#1,102
  5. 280Kecia#392#672

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1966