Jada
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 750 babies a year in the US.
How Jada has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #302 |
| 2016 | #395 |
| 2017 | #423 |
| 2018 | #393 |
| 2019 | #468 |
| 2020 | #542 |
| 2021 | #683 |
| 2022 | #832 |
Jada by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Jada. In the US, 750 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,262 babies in 2005, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Jada
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Jada. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- JanaGod is gracious; form of Jane or Jeana54 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jayavictory19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jamato gather; to assemble9 in the US (2017)
- Jarahoneycomb; a form of Jarah9 in the US (2017)
- Judapraised; a variant of Judah or Jude9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Jada
Names that are said the same way as Jada, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Jada
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