Boys' name · since 1973
Jacon
90 babies named Jacon in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,076 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 90
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
90 boys have been named Jacon since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jacon has 90 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1973 to 2005.
- #18,076 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 90 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacon ranks #18,076 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 90 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,076 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 90
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jacon's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jacon splits its recorded history at 1982: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1987 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jacon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2005
- Peak year (1987)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Jacon by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (42 births, 47% of the file).
1980s was Jacon's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Jacon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 42 births (47% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jacon's data
- Jacon's decade-level peak was the 1980s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1973–2005 (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 Jacon 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.