Jamaica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ja-MAY-ka
- Origin
- Native American
Jamaica is a girls' name of Native American origin, meaning “land of wood and water”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jamaica mean?
Native American: Caribbean island name, from Taíno Xaymaca
“land of wood and water”
Named after the Caribbean island, whose name comes from the language of its Taíno people.
Is Jamaica a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamaica is a girls' name.
How popular is Jamaica in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Jamaica in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamaica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 53 | #2,567 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 56 | #2,340 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 56 | #2,313 |
| 1991 | 53 | #2,382 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 51 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,938 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,701 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,439 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
Names like Jamaica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Samantha, Alyssa, Jenna, Bianca, Miranda, Amanda, Joanna, Sierra, Serena, Julissa, Alina
Names related to Jamaica
More Native American names
Dakota, Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Sequoia, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Lakota
Sources
Figures from 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, “Jamaica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamaica, updated 20 October 2026.