Jakhiya
Jakhya is the seed of the Cleome viscosa plant used for tempering on culinary dishes. It is mostly grown and consumed in Uttarakhand and in the Terai regions of India and Nepal.
Meaning & Origin of Jakhiya
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Jakhya is the seed of the Cleome viscosa plant used for tempering on culinary dishes. It is mostly grown and consumed in Uttarakhand and in the Terai regions of India and Nepal.
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The Story of Jakhiya
Jakhiya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2002, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 13 births, good for #9,007 nationwide. About 60% of every Jakhiya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jakhiya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 83 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jakhiya
Jakhiya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2002 and has accumulated 83 births in the dataset. Jakhiya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #9,007. Use the chart and map above to compare Jakhiya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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