Girls' name · since 1999
Jakalya
39 babies named Jakalya in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
39 girls have been named Jakalya since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakalya has been recorded 39 times among girls since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2010.
- #37,846 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakalya ranks #37,846 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #37,846 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakalya's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jakalya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jakalya's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jakalya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2010
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jakalya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (29 births, 74% of the file).
2000s was Jakalya's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Jakalya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 29 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Jakalya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- 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 Jakalya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1999–2010 (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 Jakalya 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.