Girls' name · since 1990
Jakarra
47 babies named Jakarra in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #35,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jakarra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakarra has been recorded 47 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2011.
- #35,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakarra ranks #35,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jakarra's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jakarra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jakarra's full recorded timeline at 1997, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jakarra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2011
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Jakarra by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (37 births, 79% of the file).
1990s was Jakarra's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Jakarra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 37 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Jakarra's decade-level peak was the 1990s (37 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 Jakarra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1990–2011 (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 Jakarra 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.