Girls' name · since 1994
Jealousy
Jealousy has 21 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 21
- total births
- 1994–2003
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
Jealousy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jealousy has been recorded 21 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2003.
- 21 total births
- 1994–2003 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 76% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jealousy's 21 recorded births place it above 37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jealousy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jealousy's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jealousy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2003
- Peak year (1999)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Jealousy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jealousy's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Jealousy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Jealousy's decade-level peak was the 1990s (16 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.
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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, 1994–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jealousy: Baby Name Since 1994 - 21 Births, Peak 1999." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jealousy. 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 Jealousy 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.