Jamita — girls' name
56 babies named Jamita in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
56 girls have been named Jamita since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 56
- total births
- 1972–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Jamita was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Jamita in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamita
The Social Security Administration has registered 56 babies named Jamita between 1972 and 1990, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jamita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamita 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 56 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.
Jamita at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1972
- Peak year (1977)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
56 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 9 births in a single year.
Jamita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 27 births that decade — 48% of Jamita's all-time total
Jamita decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamita's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1972–1990 (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.