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
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 3,983 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 67,400since 1920
Jada over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,200 | 190 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #1,217 | 194 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,032 | 246 | — | |
| 2022 | #835 | 336 | — | |
| 2021 | #684 | 425 | — | |
| 2020 | #539 | 558 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #468 | 669 | — | |
| 2018 | #392 | 780 | — | |
| 2017 | #424 | 751 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #395 | 840 | — | |
| 2015 | #302 | 1,068 | — | |
| 2014 | #291 | 1,120 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #247 | 1,295 | — | |
| 2012 | #206 | 1,516 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #166 | 1,898 | — | |
| 2010 | #128 | 2,476 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #113 | 2,900 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #110 | 3,161 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #95 | 3,571 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #92 | 3,674 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #76 | 4,267 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #81 | 3,891 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #79 | 3,987 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #78 | 3,899 | #4,703 | 16 |
| 2001 | #75 | 3,983 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #84 | 3,747 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #111 | 2,917 | — | |
| 1998 | #119 | 2,711 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #165 | 1,856 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #225 | 1,257 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #246 | 1,153 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #488 | 510 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #643 | 348 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #715 | 298 | — | |
| 1991 | #977 | 192 | — | |
| 1990 | #999 | 182 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,032 | 166 | — | |
| 1988 | #945 | 178 | — | |
| 1987 | #941 | 174 | — | |
| 1986 | #950 | 166 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #913 | 173 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #918 | 162 | — | |
| 1983 | #937 | 158 | — | |
| 1982 | #812 | 195 | — | |
| 1981 | #822 | 192 | — | |
| 1980 | #817 | 195 | — | |
| 1979 | #687 | 248 | — | |
| 1978 | #747 | 208 | — | |
| 1977 | #644 | 257 | — | |
| 1976 | #939 | 136 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #859 | 156 | — | |
| 1974 | #716 | 201 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #897 | 139 | — | |
| 1972 | #908 | 137 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #854 | 158 | — | |
| 1970 | #833 | 164 | — | |
| 1969 | #892 | 139 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,074 | 97 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,324 | 68 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,011 | 104 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,025 | 103 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,125 | 95 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,218 | 81 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,939 | 32 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,628 | 44 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | — | |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- District of Columbia#36 · 1 in 144
- Mississippi#36 · 1 in 177
- Louisiana#53 · 1 in 243
- Georgia#69 · 1 in 314
- South Carolina#78 · 1 in 343
Best ever in a state: #13 in District of Columbia, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #36 | 24 | 1 in 144 |
| Mississippi | #36 | 65 | 1 in 177 |
| Louisiana | #53 | 89 | 1 in 243 |
| Georgia | #69 | 136 | 1 in 314 |
| South Carolina | #78 | 47 | 1 in 343 |
| Alabama | #81 | 56 | 1 in 370 |
| Alaska | #82 | 10 | 1 in 253 |
| Arkansas | #84 | 35 | 1 in 328 |
| Delaware | #101 | 9 | 1 in 337 |
| North Carolina | #106 | 81 | 1 in 495 |
| Virginia | #110 | 64 | 1 in 520 |
| Tennessee | #116 | 55 | 1 in 535 |
| Illinois | #129 | 120 | 1 in 583 |
| Maryland | #130 | 41 | 1 in 577 |
| Florida | #131 | 121 | 1 in 606 |
| Connecticut | #143 | 26 | 1 in 594 |
| Michigan | #152 | 69 | 1 in 753 |
| New York | #152 | 139 | 1 in 727 |
| Wisconsin | #156 | 31 | 1 in 807 |
| New Jersey | #171 | 50 | 1 in 835 |
| Missouri | #175 | 33 | 1 in 895 |
| Pennsylvania | #180 | 62 | 1 in 940 |
| Kansas | #192 | 15 | 1 in 829 |
| Ohio | #195 | 58 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Indiana | #203 | 32 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Nebraska | #204 | 9 | 1 in 914 |
| Nevada | #208 | 10 | 1 in 854 |
| Texas | #213 | 133 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Iowa | #258 | 10 | 1 in 1,372 |
| West Virginia | #279 | 5 | 1 in 1,467 |
| New Mexico | #285 | 7 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Kentucky | #299 | 11 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Washington | #312 | 18 | 1 in 1,591 |
| Oklahoma | #316 | 11 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Colorado | #324 | 13 | 1 in 1,612 |
| Massachusetts | #337 | 15 | 1 in 2,120 |
| Minnesota | #337 | 13 | 1 in 1,921 |
| Arizona | #400 | 14 | 1 in 2,005 |
| California | #437 | 86 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Oregon | #555 | 5 | 1 in 3,228 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 2001 at #75 (3,983 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2000–2007
- Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1990–2022
- 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
- 55.0% of all girls named Jada (37,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,975 (1920) | #4,975 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,782 (1939) | #4,000 |
| 1940s | 5 | #4,574 (1944) | #4,574 |
| 1950s | 168 | #1,628 (1957) | #3,213 |
| 1960s | 782 | #892 (1969) | #1,519 |
| 1970s | 1,804 | #644 (1977) | #808 |
| 1980s | 1,759 | #812 (1982) | #909 |
| 1990s | 11,424 | #111 (1999) | #469 |
| 2000s | 37,080 | #75 (2001) | #88 |
| 2010s | 12,413 | #128 (2010) | #302 |
| 2020s | 1,949 | #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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 938 of them was named Jada, which outranked 99.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 209,460 of them was named Jada, which outranked 43.6% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #6,100Jada9
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- #6,618Abanoub8
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Tied with 517 names at #6,100; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.