Jamaica — #15676 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamaica

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,532 babies named Jamaica between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamaica currently holds the #15676 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamaica performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 484 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jamaica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamaica in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamaica 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 1,532 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.