Jaguar — #12889 US boys' name
68 babies named Jaguar in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Jaguar was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Jaguar in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaguar
The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Jaguar between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaguar currently holds the #12889 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaguar performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaguar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaguar 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 68 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.
Jaguar at a glance
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Current rank
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Jaguar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (1995)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #12889 among boys.
68 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 12 births in a single year.
Jaguar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 28 births that decade — 41% of Jaguar's all-time total
Jaguar decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaguar's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% 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, 1992–2024 (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.