Boys' name · since 1970
Jacent
Jacent has 12 recorded births since 1970 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jacent sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 12 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacent has been recorded 12 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1974.
- #32,643 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 12 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacent ranks #32,643 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #32,643 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 12
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jacent's 12 recorded births place it above 27.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacent's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jacent's full recorded timeline at 1974, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 6 recorded births.
Jacent popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1974
- Peak year (1970)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Jacent by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (12 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Jacent's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jacent births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 12 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacent: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~4 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, 1970–1974 (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 Jacent 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.