Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Jamaica

#5,231 most common girls' name of all time · #8,860 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1972–2024

Rank among girls
#5,231
Rank overall
#8,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
1,569
Since 2016
78
Peak year
1977 #1,716
Best rank
#1,716 1977
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
198020002020

Jamaica first appears in 1972. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 5 — 5 #15,781
2023 5 — 5 #15,696
2022 9 — 9 #10,609
2021 13 — 13 #8,131
2020 9 — 9 #10,456
2019 9 — 9 #10,689
2018 11 — 11 #9,343
2017 10 — 10 #10,137
2016 7 — 7 #13,208
2015 12 — 12 #9,090
2014 9 — 9 #11,192
2013 8 — 8 #12,274
2012 17 — 17 #7,252
2011 15 — 15 #7,908
2010 11 — 11 #9,982
2009 13 — 13 #9,032
2008 22 — 22 #6,213
2007 20 — 20 #6,645
2006 21 — 21 #6,217
2005 42 — 42 #3,547
2004 18 — 18 #6,592
2003 27 — 27 #4,731
2002 21 — 21 #5,532
2001 35 — 35 #3,747
2000 27 — 27 #4,456
1999 45 — 45 #2,968
1998 53 — 53 #2,600
1997 39 5 44 #3,079
1996 43 — 43 #2,817
1995 56 — 56 #2,360
1994 46 — 46 #2,684
1993 49 6 55 #2,560
1992 56 — 56 #2,347
1991 53 — 53 #2,412
1990 44 — 44 #2,683
1989 45 — 45 #2,558
1988 29 — 29 #3,370
1987 33 — 33 #2,962
1986 29 — 29 #3,195
1985 32 — 32 #2,924
1984 40 — 40 #2,416
1983 40 — 40 #2,393
1982 43 — 43 #2,322
1981 51 — 51 #2,060
1980 52 — 52 #2,042
1979 46 — 46 #2,183
1978 50 7 57 #1,960
1977 61 8 69 #1,716
1976 33 6 39 #2,483
1975 16 — 16 #4,123
1974 31 5 36 #2,496
1973 9 — 9 #6,039
1972 12 — 12 #4,785