Jamaya — #6024 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,287 babies named Jamaya between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamaya currently holds the #6024 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 182 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamaya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamaya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamaya in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamaya 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 2,287 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.