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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #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
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2025#1,200190#12,0085
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2023#1,032246—
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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—
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1990#999182—
1989#1,032166—
1988#945178—
1987#941174—
1986#950166#6,7215
1985#913173#6,5235
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1982#812195—
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1979#687248—
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1977#644257—
1976#939136#5,5875
1975#859156—
1974#716201#4,1907
1973#897139—
1972#908137#4,4416
1971#854158—
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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 1971

  • 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: #1,072 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,780 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMINew York: #1,376 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 20,869 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #407 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,426 girlsINOhio: #630 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,606 girlsOHPennsylvania: #880 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 13,392 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,846 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 29,680 girlsCAUtah: 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: #581 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,698 girlsMOKentucky: #518 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,195 girlsKYWest Virginia: #324 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,172 girlsWVVirginia: #603 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,611 girlsVAMaryland: #439 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,349 girlsMDDelaware: 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: #463 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,889 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #428 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,661 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: #512 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,644 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMSAlabama: #481 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,797 girlsALGeorgia: #651 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,472 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedHITexas: #1,111 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 12,982 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#324 · 1 in 2,172
  2. Indiana#407 · 1 in 3,426
  3. North Carolina#428 · 1 in 3,661
  4. Maryland#439 · 1 in 3,349
  5. Tennessee#463 · 1 in 3,889

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#32461 in 2,172
Indiana#407121 in 3,426
North Carolina#428111 in 3,661
Maryland#43971 in 3,349
Tennessee#46381 in 3,889
Alabama#48171 in 3,797
Louisiana#51281 in 3,644
Kentucky#51851 in 5,195
Missouri#58161 in 5,698
Virginia#60351 in 6,611
Ohio#630111 in 7,606
Georgia#65161 in 6,472
Pennsylvania#88061 in 13,392
Illinois#1,07261 in 13,780
Texas#1,11181 in 12,982
New York#1,37661 in 20,869
California#1,84651 in 29,680
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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 1971

girls
#854
158 births · 1 in 10,531 girls

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #854Jada158
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 10,531 of them was named Jada, which outranked 91.1% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jada
  1. #851Shonna160
  2. #851Teressa160
  3. #853Alysia159
  4. #854Jada158
  5. #854Dedra158
  6. #854Dominique158
  7. #854Kasey158
  8. #859Lia157
  9. #859Mellissa157
  10. #859Roslyn157

Tied with 4 names at #854; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,115Yesenia#2,522 → #407
  2. ↑ 1,431Shayla#2,267 → #836
  3. ↑ 853Ebony#1,681 → #828
  4. ↑ 749Consuela#1,706 → #957
  5. ↑ 510Candida#1,196 → #686
Fallers
  1. ↓ 572Sebrina#916 → #1,488
  2. ↓ 382Janene#684 → #1,066
  3. ↓ 375Treena#989 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 356Tisa#910 → #1,266
  5. ↓ 351Shaun#929 → #1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1971 →