Boy or Girl

Is Jamaya a boy or girl name?

Jamaya is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 20 girls and 0 boys were named Jamaya, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,287 US babies named Jamaya were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#6,009
Babies named Jamaya since 1983
2,287
Most popular year
2006
182 babies
Babies named Jamaya each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Jamaya from 1983 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.05010015020020002020

Boys and girls named Jamaya, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1980s012100%
1990s0233100%
2000s01,283100%
2010s0623100%
2020s0136100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–20#6,009
20230–22#5,633
20220–25#5,225
20210–34#4,194
20200–35#4,044
20190–42#3,633
20180–41#3,703
20170–47#3,363
20160–80#2,352
20150–41#3,727
20140–67#2,628
20130–65#2,694
20120–78#2,382
20110–74#2,464
20100–88#2,210
20090–119#1,815
20080–134#1,670
20070–167#1,420
20060–182#1,294
20050–146#1,455
20040–134#1,503
20030–149#1,359
20020–96#1,858
20010–72#2,248
20000–84#1,993
19990–70#2,158
19980–38#3,250
19970–30#3,749
19960–26#4,102
19950–20#4,917
19940–18#5,330
19930–6#12,400
19920–11#7,719
19910–9#8,880
19900–5#13,839
19890–6#11,375
19880–0–
19870–0–
19860–0–
19850–0–
19840–0–
19830–6#9,475

Highest rank

Jamaya has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #1,294 in 2006. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2000s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.