Jatinder — boys' name
34 babies named Jatinder in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 boys have been named Jatinder since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1996.
- 34
- total births
- 1979–1996
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
62% of everyone ever named Jatinder was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Jatinder in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jatinder
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Jatinder between 1979 and 1996, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jatinder currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jatinder performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jatinder shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jatinder in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jatinder 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 34 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.
Jatinder at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jatinder popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1979
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
34 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 8 births in a single year.
Jatinder by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 21 births that decade — 62% of Jatinder's all-time total
Jatinder decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jatinder's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Jatinder by state
Where Jatinder concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 17.6% |
6 of 34 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 17.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1979–1996 (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.