Girls' name · since 1976
Joakima
13 babies named Joakima in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 13
- total births
- 1976–1980
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 62%
- born in that decade
Joakima is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Joakima recorded 13 times among girls since 1976, 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 1976 to 1980.
- 13 total births
- 1976–1980 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 62% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Joakima's 13 recorded births place it above 29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Joakima's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Joakima's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Joakima popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1980
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Joakima by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Joakima's strongest decade.
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Joakima births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 8 births (62% of all-time use).
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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, 1976–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Joakima: Baby Name Since 1976 - 13 Births, Peak 1980." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/joakima. 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 Joakima 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.