Jaqua — boys' name
73 babies named Jaqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
73 boys have been named Jaqua since 1991, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2022.
- 73
- total births
- 1991–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Jaqua was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Jaqua in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaqua
The Social Security Administration has registered 73 babies named Jaqua between 1991 and 2022, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Jaqua is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 1986.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaqua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaqua 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 73 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.
Jaqua at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaqua popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1991
- Peak year (1994)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
73 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 14 births in a single year.
Jaqua popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 1986 (Jaqua as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jaqua accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jaqua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 39 births that decade — 53% of Jaqua's all-time total
Jaqua decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaqua's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.