Recorded 1920–2025 · United States
Jada was most popular in 2005, when 4,284 American babies were given the name — ranking #179 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,251, with 195 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 67,661 people named Jada.
Jada first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1920, which makes it about 105 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 79 of the 106 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 67,661 American births named Jada between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 66,767 are estimated to be alive today.
195 American babies were named Jada in 2025, ranking #2,251 that year.
Jada is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 279 births a year, against 1,381 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -80% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jada is a girl’s name — 99.6% of the 67,661 Americans given it were girls and 0.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 66,767 Americans named Jada are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 22 years old, and half are between 17 and 26. That is a narrow band: Jada arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org