boy's name

Jamai

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 289

Jamai is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2004, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1980.

Jamai over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jamai by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 25
2000s 123
2010s 83
2020s (to 2025) 32

How popular is Jamai?

In 2025, Jamai was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jamai is used

England & Wales #5,946 3 in 2017
United States #10,492 7 in 2025

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 Jamai

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

Parents who like Jamai also like

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

Sibling names for Jamai

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

Common questions about Jamai

How popular is the name Jamai?

In 2025, Jamai was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Jamai is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Jamai most popular?

Jamai peaked in 2004, when 29 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jamai a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jamai currently ranks #10,492 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.