Girls' name · since 1982
Jekia
Jekia has 26 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 26
- total births
- 1982–2004
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Jekia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Jekia recorded 26 times among girls since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1982 to 2004.
- 26 total births
- 1982–2004 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jekia's 26 recorded births place it above 41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jekia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jekia splits its recorded history at 1988: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2004
- Peak year (1988)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jekia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Jekia's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Jekia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Jekia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (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, 1982–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jekia: Baby Name Since 1982 - 26 Births, Peak 1988." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jekia. 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 Jekia 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.