Jamayah — #9213 US girls' name
250 babies named Jamayah in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to girls today.
46% of everyone ever named Jamayah was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Jamayah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamayah
The Social Security Administration has registered 250 babies named Jamayah between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamayah currently holds the #9213 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamayah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jamayah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamayah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamayah 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 250 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.
Jamayah at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Jamayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2008)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #9213 among girls.
250 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 25 births in a single year.
Jamayah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 114 births that decade — 46% of Jamayah's all-time total
Jamayah decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jamayah's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Jamayah by state
Where Jamayah concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 250 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1996–2024 (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.