Girls' name · since 1922
Jaine
265 babies named Jaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1922
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 265 have been recorded since 1922.
Social Security Administration records show Jaine recorded 265 times among girls since 1922, 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 1922 to 2022.
- #17,028 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 265 born since 1922
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaine ranks #17,028 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 265 born since 1922, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,028 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1922
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaine's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaine splits its recorded history at 1984: 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 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2022
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Jaine by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (57 births, 22% of the file).
1990s was Jaine's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Jaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
- 1960s 20
1960s
20 births
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 57 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Jaine's decade-level peak was the 1990s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~100 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, 1922–2022 (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 Jaine 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.