Jama
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Given to girls 93.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 54 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,552since 1918
Jama over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | #9,642 | 7 | |
| 2013 | — | #9,655 | 7 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #9,871 | 7 | |
| 2007 | — | #8,915 | 8 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,477 | 37 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #2,125 | 44 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,060 | 42 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,961 | 43 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,939 | 42 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,533 | 54 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,951 | 33 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,738 | 37 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,758 | 32 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
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| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five girls were named Jama! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Jama is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Jama in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jama
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · girls
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1961 at #1,533 (54 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33,694
- Highest: 1 in 33,694 girls born in 1967 were named Jama (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,974 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,533 in 1961, was only 1 in 37,380 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 27.6% of all girls named Jama (429) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2006
- Mostly girls until 2005, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,809 (1918) | #4,809 |
| 1920s | 12 | #3,875 (1927) | #4,223 |
| 1930s | 25 | #3,156 (1935) | #3,818 |
| 1940s | 89 | #2,126 (1948) | #3,445 |
| 1950s | 294 | #1,597 (1955) | #2,043 |
| 1960s | 429 | #1,533 (1961) | #1,784 |
| 1970s | 386 | #1,939 (1973) | #2,192 |
| 1980s | 209 | #2,563 (1981) | #4,275 |
| 1990s | 74 | #7,716 (1999) | #9,775 |
| 2000s | 29 | #10,425 (2003) | #12,298 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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