Girls' name · since 1988
Jacarra
95 babies named Jacarra in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
95 girls have been named Jacarra since 1988, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jacarra has 95 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2008.
- #27,658 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 95 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacarra ranks #27,658 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 95 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 95
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacarra's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacarra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jacarra's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jacarra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2008
- Peak year (1998)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2008.
95 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 21 births in a single year.
Jacarra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (71 births, 75% of the file).
1990s was Jacarra's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Jacarra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 71 births (75% of all-time use).
Jacarra decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Jacarra's data
- Jacarra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jacarra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jacarra draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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