girls:
433 births since 1976
#5283 (8th percentile)
boys:
11 births since 1999
#4575 (0th percentile)
overall:
444 births since 1976
#7295 (6th percentile)
The name Jarah is the #7,295 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 444 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,283 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 433 births since 1976. For boys, it ranks #4,575 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1999.
Jarah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for girls and 1999 for boys). Birth data for Jarah is available in 43 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Jarah has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jarah reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #968) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2018, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Jarah ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 51.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jarah reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #804) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jarah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jarah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.6% confident that Jarah is pronounced as JEH-ruh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-ruh, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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