Girls' name · since 1992
Jamerica
Jamerica has 89 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,430 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jamerica is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Jamerica recorded 89 times among girls since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2009.
- #28,430 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamerica ranks #28,430 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,430 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jamerica's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamerica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jamerica's full recorded timeline at 2001, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jamerica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2009
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Jamerica by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (57 births, 64% of the file).
2000s was Jamerica's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Jamerica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 57 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jamerica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jamerica draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.