Jama*
#5,074 most common girls' name of all time · #8,595 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1918–2022 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#5,074
Rank overall
#8,595 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
1,653
Since 2016
30
Peak year
1961 #1,544
Best rank
#1,544 1961
Girls
Boys
peak 54/yr
Jama first appears in 1918. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2019 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2017 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2014 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2007 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,675 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2003 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,516 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,677 |
| 2000 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,873 |
| 1999 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,796 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,931 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,755 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,178 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,740 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,811 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,916 |
| 1991 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #9,457 |
| 1990 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,611 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,047 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,695 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,999 |
| 1986 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,214 |
| 1985 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,173 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,051 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,852 |
| 1982 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,935 |
| 1981 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1980 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,669 |
| 1979 | 37 | 7 | 44 | #2,496 |
| 1978 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,130 |
| 1977 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,277 |
| 1976 | 42 | 7 | 49 | #2,076 |
| 1975 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,295 |
| 1974 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,976 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,960 |
| 1972 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,327 |
| 1971 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,081 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,482 |
| 1969 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,186 |
| 1968 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,896 |
| 1967 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,634 |
| 1966 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,811 |
| 1965 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,934 |
| 1964 | 49 | — | 49 | #1,650 |
| 1963 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,612 |
| 1962 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,747 |
| 1961 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,544 |
| 1960 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,969 |
| 1959 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,839 |
| 1957 | 24 | — | 24 | #2,318 |
| 1956 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,744 |
| 1955 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,608 |
| 1954 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,617 |
| 1953 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,774 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,244 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,645 |
| 1950 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,997 |
| 1949 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,575 |
| 1948 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,169 |
| 1947 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,865 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,570 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,063 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,354 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,680 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,792 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,771 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,364 |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,638 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,820 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,795 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,049 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,211 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,450 |