Holding steady.
Popularity of Jaquana since 1978
Babies named Jaquana per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 14 |
| 1980s | 121 |
| 1990s | 219 |
| 2000s | 45 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Jaquana first surfaced in U.S. birth records in 1978, at a time when creative respellings and blended names were on the rise. Its peak year was 1995, the decade the name is most closely associated with, but it never reached the top 1,000. The name has remained consistently rare, with a stable trajectory of low usage since its debut. Though no top states are recorded, Jaquana is part of a broader trend of names combining sounds from established favorites like Jacqueline and Kiana.
Jaquana first appears in U.S. records in the late 1970s, a period when creatively blended and respelled names gained popularity. It likely formed by merging the initial syllable of Jacqueline (a French diminutive of Jacques) with the common suffix -ana, perhaps influenced by names like Ana or Diana. The name never entered widespread use, but saw its peak in the mid-1990s before declining.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Jaq, Quana
Sibling names for Jaquana
Names that share Jaquana's style, for a brother or sister.
