Jamas — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jamas

The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Jamas between 1926 and 1988, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamas currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamas performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jamas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamas 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 170 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.