Jamika — girls' name
1,379 babies named Jamika in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Jamika was born in this single decade.
117 babies were named Jamika in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamika
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,379 babies named Jamika between 1971 and 2012, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 117 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 579 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamika in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamika 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 1,379 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.
Jamika at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1971
- Peak year (1993)
- 117
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
1,379 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 117 births in a single year.
Jamika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 579 births that decade — 42% of Jamika's all-time total
Jamika decade highlights
- Peak decade 579 births
- Runner-up 490 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jamika's strongest decade
579 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Jamika by state
Where Jamika concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 57 | 4.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 50 | 3.6% |
| #3 | California | | 38 | 2.8% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 29 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 26 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 24 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Texas | | 23 | 1.7% |
| #8 | New York | | 21 | 1.5% |
57 of 1,379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 4.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.6% of nationwide
- California 2.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 2.1% of nationwide
- Florida 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jamika appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1971–2012 (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.