Jamesa

Peak · girls
1990 · 19 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
293
since 1970

Jamesa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jamesa has never cracked the top 4,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,868, 1990girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2015#16,4195
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2011#16,7645
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2003#15,7845
2002#13,5956
2001#13,5216
2000#11,8017
1999#8,80510
1998#6,71914
1997#7,74211
1996#8,13210
1995#7,51411
1994#5,98415
1993#7,49811
1992#6,65213
1991#6,58813
1990#4,86819
1989#6,53112
1988#6,66611
1987#7,3539
1986#5,45913
1985#6,9559
1984#8,1537
1983#6,21210
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1981#7,4098
1980#7,4188
1979#5,75111
1978#9,7505
1977#9,6525
1976#6,6118
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1970#5,4139
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Jamesa! It came in at #5,413, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Jamesa is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Jamesa in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jamesa
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1990 at #4,868 (19 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 10 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 99,924
  • Highest: 1 in 99,924 girls born in 1990 were named Jamesa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 43.3% of all girls named Jamesa (127) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s45#5,413 (1970)#7,299
1980s87#5,459 (1986)#6,906
1990s127#4,868 (1990)#7,050
2000s24#11,801 (2000)#13,675
2010s10#16,419 (2015)#16,592

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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