Girls' name · since 1967
Jara
860 babies named Jara in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 860
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jara is the #8980 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 860 recorded since 1967.
Social Security Administration records show Jara recorded 860 times among girls since 1967, holding rank #8980 nationally today, ahead of 48% of girls, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #8,334 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,980 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 860 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jara ranks #8,334 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,980 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 860 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,334 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 860
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jara's 860 recorded births place it above 88.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jara compares
860 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Jara's all-time total is 129% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 860 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jara's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 25, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Jara by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (206 births, 24% of the file).
1980s was Jara's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Jara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
126 births
- 1980s
1980s
206 births
- 1990s
1990s
173 births
- 2000s
2000s
196 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 206 births (24% of all-time use).
How Jara 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 Jara's total volume
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What to do with Jara's data
- Jara's decade-level peak was the 1980s (206 total births); usage has since declined to 59 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 Jara: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Jara 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.