Jamai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-MY
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Jamai is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Jamai come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Jamal or Jamar
Is Jamai a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 4 boys.
Jamai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Jamai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Jamai, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Jamai in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Jamai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Musa Muhammad Ahmed Abdullah Ibrahim Zayan Rayyan Umar Zayd Mustafa Zayaan
Names related to Jamai
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Jamai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamai, updated 20 October 2026.