Jamaika — girls' name
26 babies named Jamaika in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Jamaika was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jamaika in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamaika
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Jamaika between 1992 and 2001, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamaika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamaika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jamaika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamaika 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 26 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.
Jamaika at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamaika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
26 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 6 births in a single year.
Jamaika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 16 births that decade — 62% of Jamaika's all-time total
Jamaika decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jamaika's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1992–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.