Given name & surname
Jada
“resembling the green gemstone”
Jada is a variant of Jade. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the green gemstone.”
Original Hebrewידע
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jada is a variant of Jade. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling the green gemstone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jada is a variant of Jade. An origin associated with Jade is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yada' (ידע), “to know.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jada appears in 1 Chronicles 2:28.
From biblical name research
Jada through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 67,661
- 261 boys · 67,400 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 4,284 babies
- 2025
- 195
- #1,201 for girls · #12,778 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 190 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,201 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 61.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 4,267 in 2005. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Florida and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (19 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 57,490 as a first name in 2020; 267 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jada’s family of names
Jada has a related form in Jade. In English usage, Jada has a related form in Jayda. In English usage, Jada has a related form in Jaida.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Deuelshares a root
- Jediaelshares a root
- Eliadashares a root
- Abidashares a root
- Shemidashares a root
- Joiadashares a root
- Jehoiadashares a root
- Jadduashares a root
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People named Jada
- Jada Pinkett SmithAmerican actress (born 1971)
- Jada HartAmerican tennis playerborn 1998
- Jada TalleyAmerican soccer playerborn 1999
- Jada FacerAmerican actress and singer-songwriterborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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