Jobeth — girls' name
486 babies named Jobeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
44% of everyone ever named Jobeth was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Jobeth in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jobeth
The Social Security Administration has registered 486 babies named Jobeth between 1942 and 2003, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jobeth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jobeth performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 212 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jobeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jobeth in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 486 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jobeth at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jobeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1942
- Peak year (1985)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
486 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 43 births in a single year.
Jobeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 212 births that decade — 44% of Jobeth's all-time total
Jobeth decade highlights
- Peak decade 212 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jobeth's strongest decade
212 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1942–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.