Ja**
#7,836 most common boys' name of all time · #19,709 across all names · 69% male / 31% female · used 1957–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#7,836
Rank overall
#19,709 of 105,966
First appeared
1957
Years on the list
41 of 146
All-time
441
Since 2016
36
Peak year
2000 #4,867
Best rank
#3,287 1979
Girls
Boys
peak 29/yr
Ja first appears in 1957. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,896 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,156 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,926 |
| 2022 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,938 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,075 |
| 2010 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,540 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,882 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,801 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #11,798 |
| 2004 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,236 |
| 2003 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #7,379 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #6,657 |
| 2001 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #4,963 |
| 2000 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #4,867 |
| 1999 | — | 20 | 20 | #3,740 |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #8,738 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,478 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,352 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #5,632 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #6,029 |
| 1993 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #7,942 |
| 1992 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,796 |
| 1991 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #6,756 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,333 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,563 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,942 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,887 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,769 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,935 |
| 1981 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #4,012 |
| 1980 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,209 |
| 1979 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #3,287 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,387 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,463 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,701 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,601 |
| 1971 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #4,235 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | — |