How Many People Are Named Jamaica?
people named Jamaica are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 223,681 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,569 babies named Jamaica in Social Security records from 1972 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
69 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jamaica, 97.8% were girls and 2.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 90.8% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jamaica alive today is about 33 years old, and 62% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jamaica first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 1977, to 69 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Jamaica has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,705, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,705 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,643 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jamaica alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jamaica were born in California than in any other state: about 111 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jamaica was given about 3.7 times as often in California.
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