Ja was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Ja as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,695 (6)
2024
#8,987 (8)
2023
#9,763 (7)
2022
#5,874 (15)
2011
#10,808 (6)
2010
#12,231 (5)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2006
#9,585 (7)
2005
#11,472 (5)
2004
#6,138 (12)
2003
#7,245 (9)
2002
#6,522 (10)
2001
#4,890 (15)
2000
#4,785 (15)
1999
#3,704 (20)
Ja as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2007
#17,636 (5)
2005
#16,462 (5)
2004
#14,179 (6)
2003
#15,784 (5)
2002
#13,595 (6)
2001
#13,521 (6)
2000
#7,158 (14)
1998
#12,426 (6)
1995
#10,514 (7)
1994
#8,804 (9)
1993
#7,498 (11)
1991
#8,588 (9)
1981
#5,885 (11)
1980
#9,095 (6)
1979
#10,210 (5)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1999 at #3,704.
First recorded in the US in 1971.
In 2005, 50% of US babies named Ja were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.