Jamaiya — girls' name
274 babies named Jamaiya in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
66% of everyone ever named Jamaiya was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Jamaiya in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamaiya
The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Jamaiya between 1995 and 2018, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamaiya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamaiya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jamaiya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamaiya 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 274 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.
Jamaiya at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamaiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1995
- Peak year (2007)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
274 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 30 births in a single year.
Jamaiya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 180 births that decade — 66% of Jamaiya's all-time total
Jamaiya decade highlights
- Peak decade 180 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jamaiya's strongest decade
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% 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, 1995–2018 (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.