Jaquala — girls' name
200 babies named Jaquala in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
200 girls have been named Jaquala since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 200
- total births
- 1986–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Jaquala was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jaquala in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaquala
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Jaquala between 1986 and 2008, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaquala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaquala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 121 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaquala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaquala 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 200 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.
Jaquala at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaquala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1986
- Peak year (1997)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
200 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 16 births in a single year.
Jaquala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 121 births that decade — 61% of Jaquala's all-time total
Jaquala decade highlights
- Peak decade 121 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jaquala's strongest decade
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% 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, 1986–2008 (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.