girl's name

Jama

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 1,680

Jama is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2022 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1961, when 54 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Jama over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2022, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jama by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 5
1920s 12
1930s 25
1940s 89
1950s 294
1960s 429
1970s 400
1980s 209
1990s 84
2000s 57
2010s 39
2020s (to 2022) 10

How popular is Jama?

In 2022, Jama was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Jama is used

Canada #2,184 5 in 1997
England & Wales #4,628 4 in 2021
United States #13,876 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jama

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jama also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jama over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jama

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jama — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jama

How popular is the name Jama?

In 2022, Jama was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Jama a girl's or a boy's name?

Jama is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Jama?

Jama has 2 syllables.

When was Jama most popular?

Jama peaked in 1961, when 54 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.