Girls' name · since 1990

Jocabed

318 babies named Jocabed in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#15,431 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,413 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
318
born since 1990
2010s
peak decade

Jocabed currently ranks #6413 among girls' names in America, with 318 babies recorded since 1990.

Social Security Administration records show Jocabed recorded 318 times among girls since 1990, holding rank #6413 nationally today, ahead of 63% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.

  • #15,431 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #6,413 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 318 born since 1990
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jocabed ranks #15,431 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,413 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 318 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.

#15,431 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#6,413 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
318
born since 1990
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%62.9%
Jocabed vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Jocabed's 318 recorded births place it above 78.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

2 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Jocabed compares

318 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Jocabed's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Jocabed Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 318 376 567,345
Peak-year births 22 21 19,840

Jocabed's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Jocabed's full recorded timeline at 2011, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Jocabed popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
22
Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
0510152025 19902001200520092013201720212025 18

Jocabed by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (125 births, 39% of the file).

2010s was Jocabed's strongest decade.

125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Jocabed births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 125 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Jocabed by state

Where Jocabed concentrates geographically, total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Jocabed
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
16 5.0%
#2 Texas
11 3.5%
California share of Jocabed's total US births 5.0%
Even split

16 of 318 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jocabed?
318 babies have been named Jocabed since 1990. All-time, it sits at #15,431 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #6,413 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2017 with 22 births.
Where does Jocabed sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jocabed ranks #15,431 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,413 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Jocabed most popular?
Jocabed was most popular in the 2010s decade with 125 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
Where is Jocabed most popular?
The top states for the name Jocabed are California (16 births), Texas (11 births).
How long has the name Jocabed been used?
The SSA has tracked Jocabed since 1990 -- 36 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Jocabed?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jocelyn, Jocelynn, Jocelyne, Jocelin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Jocabed's data

  • Jocabed's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (125 total births) through the 2020s (82) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Jocabeds (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Jocabed

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Jocabed: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1990–2025 (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 Jocabed 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.