Girls' name · since 1956
Jocasta
10 babies named Jocasta in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 10
- total births
- 1956–1979
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Jocasta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1956.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jocasta has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1956, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1979.
- 10 total births
- 1956–1979 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jocasta's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jocasta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jocasta's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1956, with only 5 births recorded.
Jocasta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1979
- Peak year (1956)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Jocasta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Jocasta's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jocasta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jocasta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 1970s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1956–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jocasta: Baby Name Since 1956 - 10 Births, Peak 1956." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jocasta. 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 Jocasta 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.