Girls' name · since 1970
Jamesa
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 293 babies named Jamesa, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,105 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
293 girls have been named Jamesa since 1970, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jamesa has 293 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2015.
- #16,105 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 293 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamesa ranks #16,105 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 293 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,105 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 293
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jamesa's 293 recorded births place it above 77.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jamesa's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jamesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2015
- Peak year (1990)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jamesa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (127 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Jamesa's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Jamesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s
1980s
87 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 127 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Jamesa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jamesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1970–2015 (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 Jamesa 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.