Jea — girls' name
16 babies named Jea in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 girls have been named Jea since 1954, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1979.
- 16
- total births
- 1954–1979
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Jea was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jea in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jea
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Jea between 1954 and 1979, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jea performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jea 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 16 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.
Jea at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1954
- Peak year (1960)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
16 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 6 births in a single year.
Jea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Jea's all-time total
Jea decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Jea's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1954–1979 (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.