Jamaica peaked in the US in 1977 at #1,701, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Jamaica as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2024
#15,293 (5)
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2023
#15,194 (5)
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2022
#10,383 (9)
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2021
#8,024 (13)
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2020
#10,250 (9)
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2019
#10,473 (9)
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2018
#9,151 (11)
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2017
#9,943 (10)
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2016
#12,876 (7)
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2015
#8,931 (12)
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2014
#10,955 (9)
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2013
#11,969 (8)
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2012
#7,144 (17)
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2011
#7,783 (15)
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2010
#9,790 (11)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1977 at #1,701.
First recorded in the US in 1972.
In 1997, 89% of US babies named Jamaica were girls.