Jakara — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jakara

The Social Security Administration has registered 471 babies named Jakara between 1977 and 2023, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jakara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jakara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jakara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jakara in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jakara 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 471 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.