React Search bar maps out every item instead of waiting for userInput

I am currently pulling data from an API that gives random user data like name, age, email, etc … I have setup a searchbar component and I map over the array but it returns all my names without waiting on a userInput. I am passing my state as props deconstructed as shown below. I also get no errors on my terminal and my console except for a key prop that should not be an issue for this.

import React, { useState } from "react";

const SearchBar = ({userData}) => {
    const [searchInput, setSearchInput] = useState("")

    const handleChange = (e) => {
        e.preventDefault();
        setSearchInput(e.target.value);
    }

    if (searchInput.length > 0) {
        userData.filter((data) => {
            return data.name.first.match(searchInput);
        })
    }

  return (
    <div>
      <input
       type="text"
       placeholder="Search"
       onChange={handleChange}
       value={searchInput}  />

        <table>
            <tbody>
            <tr>
            <th>First name</th>
            <th>Last name</th>
            </tr>
            {userData.map((user, index) => {
                return (
                    <tr>
                    <td>{user.name.first}</td>
                    <td>{user.name.last}</td>
                </tr>
                )
                   
            })}
            </tbody>
        </table>

    </div>
  );
};

export default SearchBar;

This is what I see right now

Answer

You need to store the filtered results in another variable:

  let filteredData=[];
  if (searchInput.length > 0) {
    filteredData = userData.filter((data) => {
          return data.name.first.match(searchInput);
      })
  }

and then in you JSX use filteredData instead of userData

      { filteredData.map((user, index) => {
          return (
          <tr>
             <td>{user.name.first}</td>
             <td>{user.name.last}</td>
         </tr>
         )
      })}