Girls' name · since 1978
Jakeya
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 180 babies named Jakeya, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,894 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 180
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jakeya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 180 recorded since 1978.
Jakeya has 180 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2009.
- #20,894 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 180 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakeya ranks #20,894 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 180 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,894 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 180
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jakeya's 180 recorded births place it above 71.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jakeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jakeya splits its recorded history at 1997: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jakeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2009
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Jakeya by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (85 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Jakeya's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Jakeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 85 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Jakeya's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2000s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jakeya: 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 (~31 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, 1978–2009 (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 Jakeya 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.