Jacquana — girls' name
31 babies named Jacquana in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Jacquana was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jacquana in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jacquana
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Jacquana between 1979 and 1994, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jacquana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jacquana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jacquana shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jacquana 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 31 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.
Jacquana at a glance
Last recorded 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jacquana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1979
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
31 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 6 births in a single year.
Jacquana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 52% of Jacquana's all-time total
Jacquana decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jacquana's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1979–1994 (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.