Jah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Jah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Jah mean?
Hebrew: short form of Yahweh
“God”
A short form of Yahweh found in Psalm 68 of the King James Bible and central to the Rastafari faith.
Is Jah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Jah, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Jah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Jah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zayd Zamir Abdullah Zahir Hamza Asaiah Ibrahim Jamir Muhammad Salem Saif
Names related to Jah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jah, updated 20 October 2026.