Girls' name · peaked in 2009
Jayda name popularity since 1925
21,291 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jayda. Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Jayda is about 17 years old in 2026. Jayda peaked in 2009 as the #237 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,291
- Named Jayda, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,214 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 21,267 girls · 24 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.23× its national share
Peak year is the year Jayda 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.
Jayda births per year, 1925–2025
2009 was the biggest year for Jayda both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1996 and 2001, Jayda became 5× more common, from 1 in 12,500 baby girls to 1 in 2,530.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 59%, from 1 in 3,490 to 1 in 8,600.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jayda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jayda.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jayda 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 | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 28 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 69 | 0 | #6,746 |
| 1980s | 165 | 0 | #4,943 |
| 1990s | 1,434 | 0 | #1,994 |
| 2000s | 10,118 | 18 | #307 |
| 2010s | 7,562 | 6 | #493 |
| 2020–25 | 1,891 | 0 | #1,214 |
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
67.7% of babies named Jayda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Jayda is most popular
The index compares Jayda'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 Jayda.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.23× | 1,612 |
| Georgia | 1.79× | 987 |
| South Carolina | 1.45× | 407 |
| North Carolina | 1.34× | 759 |
| Tennessee | 1.31× | 551 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jayda 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jayda (this page) | 21,267 | 2009 |
| Jaida | 9,659 | 2009 |
| Jaydah | 1,500 | 2009 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jayda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jayda.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jayda (2009).
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