Feminine dossier · first seen 1972

Jamaica

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jamaica
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1977

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1972Peak 19772024

Peak year

1977

Decline from peak

91.8%

2024

All-time

1,532

Jamaica has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1977, when 61 girls were named Jamaica.

In 2024, only 5 girls were given the name.

Down 91.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,532 Americans have been named Jamaica and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1972.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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