Girls' name · since 1952
Jacqua
Since 1952, U.S. Social Security records show 33 babies named Jacqua, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jacqua sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 33 recorded since 1952.
Jacqua has 33 recorded births among girls since 1952, 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 1952 to 1989.
- #39,853 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1952
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacqua ranks #39,853 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1952, peaking in the 1980s.
- #39,853 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1952
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jacqua's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jacqua's full recorded timeline at 1987, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jacqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1989
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Jacqua by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (22 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Jacqua's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jacqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 22 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacqua: 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 (~37 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, 1952–1989 (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 Jacqua 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.