Jamerica — girls' name
89 babies named Jamerica in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Jamerica was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Jamerica in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamerica
The Social Security Administration has registered 89 babies named Jamerica between 1992 and 2009, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamerica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamerica performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jamerica shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamerica 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 89 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.
Jamerica at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamerica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1992
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
89 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 9 births in a single year.
Jamerica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 57 births that decade — 64% of Jamerica's all-time total
Jamerica decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jamerica's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% 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, 1992–2009 (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.