Jia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JYAH
- Origin
- Chinese
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,690 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,796 for girls
Jia is a girls' name of Chinese origin, meaning “good, beautiful; or home”. In 2025 it ranked 1,690th for girls in the UK (18 babies) and 1,796th for girls in the US (112 babies).
What does Jia mean?
Chinese: Chinese name; meaning depends on the character used
“good, beautiful; or home”
Also used in Indian families as a short spelling of Jiya, from Hindi jiya, heart.
Is Jia a girl's or a boy's name?
Jia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the UK and 112 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,690among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the UK were named Jia, making it the 1,690th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 66 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 60% of the babies named Jia in the UK in 2002, and 80% in 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,639th in England and Wales.
Jia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,690 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,729 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 32 | #1,162 |
| 2015 | 41 | #960 |
| 2014 | 42 | #951 |
| 2013 | 31 | #1,188 |
| 2012 | 46 | #885 |
| 2011 | 57 | #733 |
| 2010 | 52 | #761 |
| 2009 | 53 | #752 |
| 2008 | 66 | #629 |
| 2007 | 50 | #733 |
| 2006 | 48 | #720 |
| 2005 | 44 | #746 |
| 2004 | 24 | #1,081 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Jia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,796among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 112about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 112 girls in the US were named Jia, making it the 1,796th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,394th. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had the most girls named Jia of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Jia in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 57% of the babies named Jia in the US in 1996, and 90% in 2011.
Jia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,796 |
| 2024 | 110 | #1,823 |
| 2023 | 111 | #1,813 |
| 2022 | 97 | #2,006 |
| 2021 | 110 | #1,830 |
| 2020 | 73 | #2,394 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 90 | #2,149 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,967 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,680 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,516 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 70 | #2,613 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Jia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Dua Mia Safa Esme Sophia Ayla Raya Maya Freya Lucia Zara
Names related to Jia
More Chinese names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jia, updated 20 October 2026.