Given name

Jerniah

Jerniah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Jerniah 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 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jerniah through the years

Babies since 1880
12
0 boys · 12 girls
Most popular year
2006
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Jerniah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2006–2025, 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

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2006.

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

Similar names

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

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>99% girls

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Jescenia

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>99% girls

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Jazharia

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>99% girls

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Jhaniah

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>99% girls

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Janiaya

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>99% girls

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Jerely

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Jermecia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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