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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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
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—
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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 1973

  • 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: #784 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,802 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedWIMichigan: #934 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,776 girlsMINew York: #1,508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 20,669 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: #464 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,939 girlsINOhio: #632 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,025 girlsOHPennsylvania: #651 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,506 girlsPANew 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: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,491 girlsARTennessee: #577 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,488 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedNCSouth 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: #439 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,568 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedALGeorgia: #617 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,678 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Jada, so not publishedHITexas: #1,439 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,873 girlsTXFlorida: #687 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,136 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#387 · 1 in 2,491
  2. Louisiana#439 · 1 in 2,568
  3. Indiana#464 · 1 in 3,939
  4. Tennessee#577 · 1 in 5,488
  5. Georgia#617 · 1 in 5,678

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#38751 in 2,491
Louisiana#439101 in 2,568
Indiana#46491 in 3,939
Tennessee#57751 in 5,488
Georgia#61761 in 5,678
Ohio#632101 in 7,025
Pennsylvania#65191 in 7,506
Florida#68771 in 6,136
Illinois#78491 in 7,802
Michigan#93451 in 11,776
Texas#1,43951 in 18,873
New York#1,50851 in 20,669
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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 1973

girls
#897
139 births · 1 in 10,491 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #897Jada139
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 10,491 of them was named Jada, which outranked 90.9% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jada
  1. #894Carmelita140
  2. #894India140
  3. #894Rocio140
  4. #897Jada139
  5. #897Alejandra139
  6. #897Cherry139
  7. #897Gillian139
  8. #904Cindi138
  9. #904Ginny138
  10. #904Richard138

Tied with 6 names at #897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →