Unisex name · since 1964
Jaton
62 babies named Jaton in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 62
- total births
- 1964–1992
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Jaton is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 62 have been recorded since 1964.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaton has been recorded 62 times among girls since 1964, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 1992.
- 62 total births
- 1964–1992 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jaton's 62 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaton's full recorded timeline at 1980, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaton popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1992
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Jaton popularity over time - boys
55 total births recorded since 1975 (Jaton as boys' name)
Jaton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jaton's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Jaton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 24 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Jaton's decade-level peak was the 1980s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1964–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jaton: Baby Name Since 1964 - 62 Births, Peak 1972." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jaton. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jaton 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 July 2026.