Girls' name · since 2001
Jermaya
55 babies named Jermaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
55 girls have been named Jermaya since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jermaya has been recorded 55 times among girls since 2001, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2009.
- #33,875 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jermaya ranks #33,875 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #33,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jermaya's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jermaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jermaya's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jermaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2009
- Peak year (2001)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Jermaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (55 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Jermaya's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jermaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 55 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jermaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2001–2009 (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 Jermaya 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.