Jada

Meaning: Precious ornamental stone
Origin: Variant of Jade (from English, from the gemstone (ultimately Spanish))

Girl's name · #1201 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Jada's best rank, #75, came in 2001; it has stepped well back to #1201 today. Roughly 67,000 girls have been named Jada since 1920.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 31 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

See how Jada ranks in other countries and regions.

#655 in Netherlands (2025) · #2,677 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,377 in Canada (2024).

Among 143 notable people named Jada:

Sports figures appear 4× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jada Hart, American tennis player.

Popular twin pairings with Jada include Jade for a girl, and Jaden, Jayden, and Jordan for boys.

Similar names: Jayda · Perla · Jacey · Vada · Julissa · Sierra

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