Given name

Jaiah

Jaiah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Jaiah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jaiah through the years

Babies since 1880
185
0 boys · 185 girls
Most popular year
2013
15 babies
2025
5
#15,875 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−12%
Easing
02.557.5102025Highest share 20133.1
Jaiah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,875 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 177 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Jaiah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Jacyra

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Achaia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Janala

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Jenniyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Joliet

“a pretty young woman”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Arshiya

17Very rareRising

>99% girls

Modern

Joliene

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Jaiah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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