Girls' name · since 1976
Jacole
Jacole has 127 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
127 girls have been named Jacole since 1976, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jacole has 127 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2001.
- #24,485 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacole ranks #24,485 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,485 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jacole's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacole's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jacole's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1985 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jacole popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2001
- Peak year (1985)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Jacole popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2013 (Jacole as boys' name)
Jacole by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (62 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Jacole's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Jacole births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 62 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Jacole's decade-level peak was the 1980s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jacole: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1976–2001 (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 Jacole 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.