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Jada Smith

There are approximately 523 people named Jada Smith living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 655,362 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Jada with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Smith. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census demographics where available.

Expected bearers

523

1 in 655,362

Named Jada

66K

Alive today

Named Smith

2.7M

Alive today

US population

343M

Denominator

The first name Jada

Estimated living: 66K

Rarity: Uncommon

Gender: Female

Peak year: 2005

Average age: 23

Top Census group: Black or African American (54.5%)

The surname Smith

Estimated bearers: 2.7M

Rarity: Very Common

Census rank: #1

Per 100K: 792.79

Top ancestry: White (68.0%)

First name trend

Jada: popularity over time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Jada. The peak year was 2005 with 4,284 births. The average person named Jada today is 23 years old.

Babies born per year

MaleFemale
01K2K3K4K192019401960198020002020

Demographics

Ancestry and ethnicity for Jada

Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the first name Jada, from the 2020 US Census Bureau first-name tables. The largest published group is Black or African American at 54.5%.

The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jada described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. These are self-reported numbers, and they describe the population who happened to carry the name Jada at the time of the Census. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity.

  • Black or African American54.5% · 31,331
  • White22.3% · 12,831
  • Hispanic or Latino10.6% · 6,078
  • Two or more races10.1% · 5,831
  • Asian and Pacific Islander1.7% · 951
  • American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 470

Ethnicity

Ancestry of the Smith surname

Self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people with the surname Smith, from the 2020 US Census Bureau. The largest group is White at 68.0%.

The bar chart below shows how people with the surname Smith described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. These are self-reported numbers, and they describe the population who happened to carry the surname Smith at the time of the Census. A surname does not determine a person's race or ethnicity.

  • White68.0% · 1,611,236
  • Black or African American22.6% · 535,967
  • Two or more races4.4% · 103,611
  • Hispanic or Latino3.5% · 82,947
  • American Indian and Alaska Native0.8% · 19,744
  • Asian and Pacific Islander0.7% · 16,139

Methodology

How we calculated this

The first name Jada has a living-bearer frequency of 0.0193% of the US population, based on 65,989 estimated living Americans carrying this first name (from SSA birth records going back to 1880, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables).

Even though the Census Bureau now publishes first-name tables, we do not use that file as the main first-name input for this estimate. The latest first-name Census snapshot is from 2020, which makes it 6 years old today. Because Census first-name data is only released once every 10 years, SSA birth records plus CDC survival rates give a better current estimate of how many people are likely alive with the name Jada right now.

The surname Smith appears at a rate of 792.79 per 100,000 residents in the 2020 Census Bureau surname file, which translates to a frequency of 0.7928%.

Multiplying these two independent frequencies against the current US population of 342,754,338 gives an expected count of approximately 523 people with the full name Jada Smith. This assumes statistical independence between first and last names, which is a simplification but produces reasonable estimates for most combinations.

Read the full methodology.

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FAQ

Jada Smith: questions and answers

How many people are named Jada Smith?

We estimate approximately 523 people in the United States share the full name Jada Smith. That works out to about 1 in 655,362 Americans. This is calculated by combining the first-name frequency (0.0193%) with the surname frequency (792.79 per 100K) against the current US population.

How rare is the name Jada Smith?

We classify Jada Smith as "Very Rare". About 1 in 655,362 Americans share this exact first and last name combination.

Is Jada a male or female name?

Jada is predominantly female. Out of 67,462 total SSA registrations, 0.4% were male and 99.6% were female. See the full Jada profile for detailed gender data.

Where does this data come from?

First-name data comes from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files (1880 to 2024). Surname data comes from the 2020 US Census Bureau decennial surname tables. Living-bearer estimates use CDC actuarial life tables to adjust for mortality. Read the full methodology.

How many people are called Jada Smith?

For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.

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