Jacin — boys' name
25 babies named Jacin in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Jacin was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Jacin in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacin
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Jacin between 1976 and 2017, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jacin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jacin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacin 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 25 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.
Jacin at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jacin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1976
- Peak year (1978)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
25 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 9 births in a single year.
Jacin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 19 births that decade — 76% of Jacin's all-time total
Jacin decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jacin's strongest decade
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–2017 (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.