Jaci — #3178 US girls' name
5,096 babies named Jaci in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
33% of everyone ever named Jaci was born in this single decade.
221 babies were named Jaci in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaci
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,096 babies named Jaci between 1934 and 2024, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaci currently holds the #3178 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 221 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaci performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,703 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Jaci shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 843 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Jaci in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaci in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,096 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jaci at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaci popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1934
- Peak year (2005)
- 221
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
Currently ranks #3178 among girls.
5,096 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 221 births in a single year.
Jaci by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,703 births that decade — 33% of Jaci's all-time total
Jaci decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,703 births
- Runner-up 1,033 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaci's strongest decade
1,703 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Jaci by state
Where Jaci concentrates geographically — total births since 1934
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 843 | 16.5% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 391 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 233 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 104 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 86 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Iowa | | 78 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 74 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Alabama | | 69 | 1.4% |
843 of 5,096 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 16.5% of nationwide
- Louisiana 7.7% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 4.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.0% of nationwide
- Arkansas 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 27 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 16.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jaci appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.