girls:
2.4k births since 1982
#3528 (38th percentile)
boys:
350 births since 1981
#4236 (8th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1981
#5137 (34th percentile)
The name Jamiah is the #5,137 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,757 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 33.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,528 (38.3% percentile) for all time with 2,407 births since 1982. For boys, it ranks #4,236 (7.6% percentile) for all time with 350 births since 1981.
Jamiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for boys and 1982 for girls). Birth data for Jamiah is available in 40 out of the 43 years between 1981 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.
The name Jamiah has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Jamiah were girls. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for boys (66.2% boys from 1981 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (88.7% girls from 1992 to 2023).
For girls, Jamiah reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 17.5% percentile (ranked #748) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 82 births per million (ranked 17.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jamiah ranks #915 for girls (3.4% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 25.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jamiah reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #814) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamiah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jamiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Jamiah is pronounced as juh-MAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-mee-uh, at 14.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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