Girls' name · peaked in 2005
Jada name popularity since 1925
67,656 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jada. Half of them were born in 2004 or earlier, so the typical Jada is about 22 years old in 2026. Jada peaked in 2005 as the #76 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 67,656
- Named Jada, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,201 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 67,395 girls · 261 boys
- Most popular in
- Georgia
- 2.44× its national share
Peak year is the year Jada made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jada births per year, 1925–2025
2005 was the biggest year for Jada both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1993 and 1998, Jada became 8× more common, from 1 in 5,200 baby girls to 1 in 652.
- Steepest fall: Between 2019 and 2024, its share of baby girls fell by 70%, from 1 in 2,510 to 1 in 8,350.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jada's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jada.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jada in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 11 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 168 | 0 | #2,769 |
| 1960s | 782 | 0 | #1,028 |
| 1970s | 1,804 | 18 | #860 |
| 1980s | 1,759 | 10 | #914 |
| 1990s | 11,424 | 38 | #246 |
| 2000s | 37,080 | 159 | #76 |
| 2010s | 12,413 | 26 | #302 |
| 2020–25 | 1,949 | 10 | #1,201 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
74.9% of babies named Jada from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Jada is most popular
The index compares Jada's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jada.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | 2.44× | 4,424 |
| Florida | 2.03× | 4,809 |
| South Carolina | 2.00× | 1,844 |
| Louisiana | 1.95× | 2,303 |
| Mississippi | 1.95× | 1,553 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jada and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jada (this page) | 67,395 | 2005 |
| Jadah | 1,883 | 2002 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jada's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jada.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jada (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data