Jia: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Jia comes from Mandarin.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Jia through the years

Babies since 1880: 2,247; 214 boys · 2,033 girls
Most popular year: 2025; 112 babies
2025: 112; #1,802 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20: +36%; Rising

Boys Girls

Jia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1969–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Boys, girls and both

The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 0% boys.

Boys Girls

Five-year rolling share of U.S. births. Blank stretches had too few births to read.

Where it’s given

Most at home inGeorgia, Indiana, California

FewerMore, relative to births Not published

2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: Georgia (9), Indiana (5), California (26), New Jersey (5), Texas (15).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 112 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,802 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,991 as a first name in 2020; 4,567 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.

Jia’s family of names

In English usage, Jia as a surname has a related form in CHIA.

Walk Jia’s family in the name graph

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: 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.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Chiavariant · English

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

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

People named Jia

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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

Japanese · Modern

Sibling ideas

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

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