Jaquay
The Story of Jaquay
As a girl name
Jaquay first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1977, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1978: 38 births, good for #2,351 nationwide. About 46% of every Jaquay on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jaquay last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 156 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jaquay on the record books as a boy name in 1977, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 29 Jaquays were born — ranking #3,061 that year. About 38% of every Jaquay on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jaquay last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 418 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jaquay
Jaquay is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 418 births in the dataset. Jaquay's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #3,061. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaquay's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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