girls:
2.3k births since 1983
#3626 (37th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1983
#5534 (28th percentile)
The name Jamaya is the #5,534 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,267 recorded births since 1983. This represents the 28.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,626 (36.5% percentile) for all time with 2,267 births since 1983.
Jamaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1983 (first recorded for girls in 1983). Birth data for Jamaya is available in 36 out of the 41 years between 1983 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Jamaya reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 18.3% percentile (ranked #789) with 87 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 87 births per million (ranked 18.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jamaya ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 14.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamaya".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jamaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Jamaya is pronounced as juh-MAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-MAY-uh, at 31.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like JH AH0 M AY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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