Recorded 1949–2019 Girls' name Peak 1957 386 births

Jayma — girls' name

386 babies named Jayma in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s51950s411960s631970s721980s701990s382000s522010s45
1970s
Peak decade

19% of everyone ever named Jayma was born in this single decade.

1957
Single peak year

14 babies were named Jayma in 1957 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jayma

The Social Security Administration has registered 386 babies named Jayma between 1949 and 2019, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jayma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jayma performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jayma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jayma in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jayma 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 386 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.

Jayma at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

386

Since 1949

71 years of records

Peak year

1957

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1949

Recorded for 71 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jayma popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1949

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1957)
14
Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
46810121416 201920081999198819801974196619591949 5

Jayma by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
72 births that decade — 19% of Jayma's all-time total
1940s51950s411960s631970s721980s701990s382000s522010s45

Jayma by state

Where Jayma concentrates geographically — total births since 1949

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jayma
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Indiana
5 1.3%
Indiana share of Jayma's total US births 1.3%

5 of 386 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jayma?
386 babies have been named Jayma since 1949. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1957 with 14 births.
When was Jayma most popular?
Jayma was most popular in the 1970s decade with 72 total births. The single peak year was 1957.
Where is Jayma most popular?
The top states for the name Jayma are Indiana (5 births).
How long has the name Jayma been used?
Jayma has been recorded in Social Security data since 1949, spanning 71 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jayma?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jayla, Jayne, Jayden, Jayda, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1949–2019 (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.