Jah

Peak · boys
2022 · 41 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
465
since 1982

Jah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jah has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,31435
2024#3,45533
2023#3,05540
2022#3,00341
2021#3,12138
2020#3,02538
2019#3,89927
2018#8,8198
2017#6,06014
2016#6,34913
2015#8,0409
2014#12,1085
2013#9,6557
2012#10,7706
2011#7,00911
2010#6,69812
2009#8,9858
2008#9,8717
2007#5,66115
2006#10,6626
2005#9,1157
2004#7,5369
2003#5,27114
2002#5,39513
2001#5,66712
2000#6,31610
1999#7,1398
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First appearance
1982

The first year at least five boys were named Jah! It came in at #5,619, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983–1992, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Jah is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 141 spots since 2024 (#3,455 → #3,314)
  • 289 spots since 2020 (#3,025 → #3,314)
  • 4,726 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #3,314)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1982
  • Peaked 2022 at #3,003 (41 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 42,586
  • Highest: 1 in 42,586 boys born in 2022 were named Jah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 48.4% of all boys named Jah (225) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s6#5,619 (1982)#5,619
1990s21#6,816 (1993)#7,355
2000s101#5,271 (2003)#7,448
2010s112#3,899 (2019)#7,941
2020s225#3,003 (2022)#3,162

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

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