Jahmai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- jah-MY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Jahmai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Jahmai mean?
Hebrew: probably a form of the biblical Jahmai
Jahmai is listed among the descendants of Issachar in 1 Chronicles 7; it may also be a modern blend.
Is Jahmai a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahmai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahmai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Jahmai, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jahmai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Jahmai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Jahmai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Jahmai, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Jahmai in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahmai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Jahmai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Hamza, Ahmed, Abdullah, Zayd, Zayan, Umar, Mustafa, Zayaan, Ayyub
Names related to Jahmai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jahmai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahmai, updated 20 October 2026.