Recorded 1995–2025 · United States
Jiya was most popular in 2008, when 141 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,817 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,973, with 129 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,325 people named Jiya.
Jiya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1995, which makes it about 30 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 29 of the 31 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,325 American births named Jiya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,308 are estimated to be alive today.
129 American babies were named Jiya in 2025, ranking #2,973 that year.
Jiya is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 104 births a year, against 106 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -2% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Jiya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,325 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 2,308 Americans named Jiya are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 6 and 17. That is a narrow band: Jiya arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org