Jamaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jah-MY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Jamaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Jamaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, Ja- + Maya
Is Jamaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jamaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Jamaya, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 182 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jamaya than any year since 1993.
Half of all the girls named Jamaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 80 | #2,343 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,680 |
| 2012 | 78 | #2,373 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 88 | #2,202 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,810 |
| 2008 | 134 | #1,664 |
| 2007 | 167 | #1,419 |
| 2006 | 182 | #1,293 |
| 2005 | 146 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,497 |
| 2003 | 149 | #1,357 |
| 2002 | 96 | #1,851 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,232 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,981 |
| 1999 | 70 | #2,150 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
Names like Jamaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah Aaliyah Zaniyah Kaliyah Amaya Hadassah Alaya Safa Aliya Janiyah Amira Kamiyah
Names related to Jamaya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Jamaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamaya, updated 20 October 2026.