Girls' name · since 1972
Jequetta
Jequetta has 34 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 34
- total births
- 1972–1990
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Jequetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 34 have been recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jequetta has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1990.
- 34 total births
- 1972–1990 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jequetta's 34 recorded births place it above 45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jequetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jequetta's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jequetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1990
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Jequetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Jequetta's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Jequetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 16 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Jequetta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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, 1972–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jequetta: Baby Name Since 1972 - 34 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jequetta. 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 Jequetta 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.