Jochebed — #9117 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jochebed

The Social Security Administration has registered 166 babies named Jochebed between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jochebed currently holds the #9117 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jochebed performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jochebed shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jochebed in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jochebed 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 166 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.