Jayma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JAY-muh
- Origin
- Modern
Jayma is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jayma come from?
Modern: modern invented name with the Jay- prefix
Is Jayma a girl's or a boy's name?
Jayma is a girls' name.
How popular is Jayma in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1957, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the girls named Jayma in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jayma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
Names like Jayma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shayla Summer Jada Zaira Safa Zayla Aysha Samira Salma Sayla Huda Hiba
Names related to Jayma
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, “Jayma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jayma, updated 20 October 2026.