Recorded 2002–2018 Girls' name Peak 2018 42 births

Jaciana — girls' name

42 babies named Jaciana in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s252010s17
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Jaciana was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

9 babies were named Jaciana in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jaciana

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Jaciana between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaciana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaciana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jaciana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jaciana 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 42 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.

Jaciana at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

42

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2018

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Jaciana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2018)
9
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
45678910 201820132008200720062002 8

Jaciana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
25 births that decade — 60% of Jaciana's all-time total
2000s252010s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jaciana?
42 babies have been named Jaciana since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2018 with 9 births.
When was Jaciana most popular?
Jaciana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Jaciana been used?
Jaciana has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Jaciana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jacqueline, Jackie, Jacquelyn, Jaclyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2018 (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.