Jaiah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jaiah by the numbers

Jaiah was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 15 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Jaiah

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 Jaiah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Janiahgarden, paradise; a form of Jannah109 in the US (2017)
  • Jadiahgod is my judge; a form of Judah5 in the US (2017)
  • Jamiah79 in the US (2017)
  • Jailah48 in the US (2017)
  • Jaliah47 in the US (2017)
  • Jayah32 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Jaiah

Names that are said the same way as Jaiah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Jayavictory19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jaia29 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jaiah

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