How rare is the name Jia?

5,991 people in the United States have the first name Jia, about 1 in 50,414. It ranks #3,466 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JIA

#3,466

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,991
About
1 in 50,414
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,991 people named Jia, 87.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.9% as Black and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 71.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jia peaked in 2025, when 112 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
112
In 2025*
112
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,247 babies have been given the name since 1969. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,513. The largest share of babies named Jia, 50.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1970s#18,25816
1980s#13,17662
1990s#7,835210
2000s#4,817586
2010s#4,259755
2020s#3,513613
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–968.2%
Generation Z 1997–1240%
2013 and later50.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jia has been most common in New York (4.5×), New Jersey (3.1×), and California (2.6×), and least common in Illinois (0.69×).

1,102 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Jia

1 other first name also has 5,991 people.

#3,466 Barney · 5,991

Either side of Jia

#3,464 Luigi · 5,993#3,466 Barney · 5,991#3,468 Mister · 5,988#3,469 Geoff · 5,986

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jia, most common first.

#2,708 Jie · 8,648#4,426 Ji · 4,235#8,585 Jiya · 1,685#19,168 Jiao · 556#32,104 Jiah · 264#45,829 Jiu · 147

Also a last name

As a last name, Jia ranks #7,071 of 156,621, with 4,567 people. See Jia as a last name

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