Girls' name · since 1935
Jaquetta
Jaquetta has 776 recorded births since 1935 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 776
- born since 1935
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jaquetta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 776 recorded since 1935.
Jaquetta has 776 recorded births among girls since 1935, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 2001.
- #8,928 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 776 born since 1935
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaquetta ranks #8,928 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 776 born since 1935, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,928 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 776
- born since 1935
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jaquetta's 776 recorded births place it above 87.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New Jersey.
Jaquetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jaquetta splits its recorded history at 1975: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jaquetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–2001
- Peak year (1990)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Jaquetta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (286 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Jaquetta's strongest decade.
286 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jaquetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 23
1940s
23 births
- 1950s 43
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 55
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
168 births
- 1980s
1980s
286 births
- 1990s
1990s
190 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 286 births (37% of all-time use).
How Jaquetta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jaquetta's total volume
Jaquetta by state
Where Jaquetta concentrates geographically, total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 15 | 1.9% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 12 | 1.5% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Maryland | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
15 of 776 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Jaquetta's data
- Jaquetta's decade-level peak was the 1980s (286 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Jaquettas (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaquetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1935–2001 (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 Jaquetta 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.