Unisex name · since 1998
Jadakiss
Jadakiss has 88 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,217 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 88
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jadakiss sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 88 recorded since 1998.
Jadakiss has 88 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2003.
- #18,217 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 88 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jadakiss ranks #18,217 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,217 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 88
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jadakiss's 88 recorded births place it above 59.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Jadakiss's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jadakiss splits its recorded history at 2001: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jadakiss popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2003
- Peak year (2000)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Jadakiss popularity over time - girls
13 total births recorded since 2000 (Jadakiss as girls' name)
Jadakiss by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (77 births, 88% of the file).
2000s was Jadakiss's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 88% of all-time use.
Jadakiss births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 77 births (88% of all-time use).
Jadakiss by state
Where Jadakiss concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 9 | 10.2% |
9 of 88 births nationwide.
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- North Carolina records the most Jadakisss (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1998–2003 (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 Jadakiss 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.