Girls' name · since 1959
Jametta
98 babies named Jametta in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
98 girls have been named Jametta since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jametta has been recorded 98 times among girls since 1959, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1993.
- #27,317 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 98 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jametta ranks #27,317 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 98 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,317 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 98
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jametta's 98 recorded births place it above 62.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jametta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jametta's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1962, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jametta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1993
- Peak year (1964)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Jametta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (44 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Jametta's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Jametta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 44 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Jametta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jametta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1959–1993 (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 Jametta 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.