Jama

Girl · recorded 1918–2005

  • 2005last recorded
  • 1967best year

Most popular in 1967.

Last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Jama.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1918

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 69 recorded years as a table
Jama, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19184
19276
19294
19315
19327
19335
19358
19404
19414
19436
19445
19458
19466
19475
194812
19499
19508
19519
195212
195317
195421
195521
195618
195712
195818
195916
196017
196127
196222
196326
196426
196520
196624
196730
196824
196920
197017
197124
197221
197329
197429
197525
197629
197726
197829
197923
198021
198122
198212
198312
198411
198511
198611
19877
198810
19896
19905
19914
19923
19935
19944
19956
19963
19975
19997
20004
20013
20035
20053

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Jama isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2005
6
Rank in 2005
#14,502
How rare
1 in 307,973 girls
Since 1918
1,552

Jama was last recorded in 2005. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1967, at 30 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Jama doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.