boys:
3.5k births since 1968
#2097 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.5k births since 1968
#4602 (41st percentile)
The name Jad is the #4,602 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,537 recorded births since 1968. This represents the 40.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 40.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,097 (54.3% percentile) for all time with 3,537 births since 1968.
Jad first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1968 (first recorded for boys in 1968). Birth data for Jad is available in 55 out of the 56 years between 1968 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Jad reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 23.4% percentile (ranked #690) with 118 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 118 births per million (ranked 23.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jad ranks #743 for boys (18.5% percentile) with 94 births per million, which is 80.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jad".
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