Jada

Jada: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “jade”
Origin: Spanish
Say it: JAY-duh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually understood as a form of Jade, the gemstone name. Jada is also used as an Arabic name in some contexts, but this spelling is most often treated as a modern variant of Jade.

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How popular is Jada?

202458.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Jada in 2024192

2024 rank#1,224 girls

Peak year2005

Total US babies since 188067,462

Jada is fading: recent use is about 23% of its level ten years before.

Names like Jada

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Jadestone of the side · Spanish
Jaydamodern form of Jada · American (modern coinage)
Jaydejade gemstone · English
Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
Catalinapure · Spanish
Amayamother city · Spanish
Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish

Jada questions

What does the name Jada mean?

Jada means "jade". It comes from Spanish. Usually understood as a form of Jade, the gemstone name. Jada is also used as an Arabic name in some contexts, but this spelling is most often treated as a modern variant of Jade.

Is Jada a boy or girl name?

Jada is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jada?

192 US babies were named Jada in 2024. Its peak year was 2005.

How do you pronounce Jada?

Jada is usually pronounced JAY-duh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.