Jia
- #1,796 for girls in 2025, 112 births
- Last seen for boys in 2011 at #8,079
- Given to girls 90.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,033since 1976
Jia over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #1,796 | 112 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,823 | 110 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,813 | 111 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,006 | 97 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,830 | 110 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,394 | 73 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,376 | 75 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,953 | 101 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,873 | 58 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,149 | 90 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,969 | 57 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,681 | 65 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,258 | 83 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #2,841 | 61 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,614 | 70 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,923 | 60 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #2,728 | 65 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 | #4,616 | 17 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #4,576 | 24 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | #4,197 | 16 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | — | |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
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| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five girls were named Jia! It came in at #8,156, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1977–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Georgia#984 · 1 in 5,023
- California#1,027 · 1 in 6,220
- Indiana#1,032 · 1 in 5,582
- New Jersey#1,168 · 1 in 7,100
- Texas#1,532 · 1 in 10,703
Best ever in a state: #203 in Hawaii, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #984 | 9 | 1 in 5,023 |
| California | #1,027 | 26 | 1 in 6,220 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| New Jersey | #1,168 | 5 | 1 in 7,100 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 15 | 1 in 10,703 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 27 spots since 2024 (#1,823 → #1,796)
- 598 spots since 2020 (#2,394 → #1,796)
- 440 spots since 2015 (#2,236 → #1,796)
Rise & fade · girls
49 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2025 at #1,796 (112 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,351
- Highest: 1 in 14,351 girls born in 2025 were named Jia (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 36.7% of all girls named Jia (746) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1995
- Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16 | #8,156 (1976) | #9,339 |
| 1980s | 51 | #6,212 (1983) | #8,771 |
| 1990s | 133 | #4,576 (1999) | #7,322 |
| 2000s | 474 | #2,614 (2009) | #3,440 |
| 2010s | 746 | #1,953 (2018) | #2,485 |
| 2020s | 613 | #1,796 (2025) | #1,944 |
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.
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