Jameka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-MEE-kuh
- Origin
- Modern
Jameka is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jameka come from?
Modern: modern invented name with the Ja- prefix
Is Jameka a girl's or a boy's name?
Jameka is a girls' name.
How popular is Jameka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1993, with 102 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Jameka in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jameka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 59 | #2,250 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,915 |
| 1994 | 94 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,770 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,876 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,775 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,002 |
| 1985 | 48 | #2,171 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,751 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,873 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,657 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,857 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 37 | #2,255 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Names like Jameka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Jamila, Shayla, Alisha, Samira, Sasha, Jada, Amira, Khadija, Summer, Jessica, Janessa
Names related to Jameka
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, “Jameka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jameka, updated 20 October 2026.