Jia is a distinctive choice, ranked #1639 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Jia in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1639
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About the Name Jia
Jia has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 165 places in five years. It was most popular in 2008 at #608 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Jia is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Jia in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Jia
Jia Tolentino โ Jia Angeli Carla Tolentino is an American writer and editor.
Jia Yueting โ Jia Yueting is a Chinese businessman who is the founder of Leshi Holding Group and the former CEO of Faraday Future.
Xia Jia โ Wang Yao, known by the pen name Xia Jia (Chinese: ๅค็ฌณ; pinyin: Xiร Jiฤ), is a Chinese science fiction and fantasy writer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Jia
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Jia per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Jia in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Jia is declining: down 132 places since 2020, to #1,639 in 2025. It peaked at #608 in 2008.
Jia is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Jia include: Jia Tolentino, Jia Yueting and Xia Jia. Short summaries for each appear below.
Jia does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Jias in the wild.
18
UK babies named Jia (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 132 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Jia
Almost certainly the only Jia in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Jia
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Jia Chong (217 โ 19 May 282), courtesy name Gonglรผ, was a Chinese politician who lived during the late Three Kingdoms period and early Jin dynasty of China.