Girls' name · since 1979
Jacquana
Jacquana has 31 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacquana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 31 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Jacquana recorded 31 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1994.
- #40,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jacquana ranks #40,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #40,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jacquana's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jacquana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jacquana's full recorded timeline at 1992, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jacquana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Jacquana by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (16 births, 52% of the file).
1990s was Jacquana's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Jacquana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jacquana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1979–1994 (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 Jacquana 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.