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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Jamaica

Jamaica was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1705th with 61 babies. More babies were named Jamaica in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197761 babies
Total since 1880
1,569babies recorded

Jamaica popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 37 since 1974.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#10,6189
2010#10,05611
2000#4,45827
1990#2,66144
1980#2,02552
1970——
1960——
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How popular is Jamaica, counting every spelling?

Jamaica has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Jamaica?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Jamaica are alive today, with a median age of 34; half are between 26 and 44. That makes Jamaica mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Jamaica by state

How common Jamaica was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Jamaica, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Jamaica: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Jamaica, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Jamaica

How popular is the name Jamaica?

Jamaica was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1705th with 61 babies. More babies were named Jamaica in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Jamaica a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Jamaica in the US.

Where is Jamaica most popular?

In 2021–2025, Jamaica was most common in South Carolina (0.06 per 1,000 girls).