Girls' name · since 1942
Jobeth
Jobeth has 486 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,060 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 486
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jobeth is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 486 have been recorded since 1942.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jobeth has been recorded 486 times among girls since 1942, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2003.
- #12,060 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 486 born since 1942
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jobeth ranks #12,060 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 486 born since 1942, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,060 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 486
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jobeth's 486 recorded births place it above 83.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jobeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jobeth splits its recorded history at 1981: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1967 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jobeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2003
- Peak year (1985)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Jobeth by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (212 births, 44% of the file).
1980s was Jobeth's strongest decade.
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Jobeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s 28
1950s
28 births
- 1960s 74
1960s
74 births
- 1970s 46
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
212 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 212 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Jobeth's decade-level peak was the 1980s (212 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jobeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~61 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1942–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Jobeth 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 August 2026.