Ja
Boy · JAH · Modern
Ja is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
Where does Ja come from?
Modern: short form of names beginning Ja-, such as Jamal
- Say it
- JAH
Is Ja a girl's or a boy's name?
Ja is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Ja, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Ja in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ja in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
Names like Ja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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