How Many People Are Named Jama?
people named Jama are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 237,021 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,653 babies named Jama in Social Security records from 1918 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
54 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jama, 93.2% were girls and 6.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jama alive today is about 53 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 45 and 64 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jama first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1961, to 54 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Jama has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,537, in 1961.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,537 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,784 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jama alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jama were born in Indiana than in any other state: about 289 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jama was given 23.4 times as often in Indiana and 14.9 times in Tennessee.
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