Boys' name · since 1997
Jakota
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 152 babies named Jakota, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,122 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakota currently ranks #10122 among boys' names in America, with 152 babies recorded since 1997.
Jakota has 152 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10122 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #14,658 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,122 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 152 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jakota ranks #14,658 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,122 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 152 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,658 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,122 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 152
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jakota's 152 recorded births place it above 67.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jakota compares
152 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jakota's all-time total is 59% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jakota | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 152 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jakota's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jakota's full recorded timeline at 2009, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jakota popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jakota by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (60 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Jakota's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jakota births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 19
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
55 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 60 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Jakota's decade-level peak was the 2000s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 18 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jakota: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Jakota 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.