Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jama” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jama” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jama” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jama” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jama” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jama” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jama” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jama” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1945 10 0.000003769 10 100%
1946 9 0.000002817 9 100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 100%
1948 21 0.000006083 21 100%
1949 16 0.000004591 16 100%
1950 13 0.000003711 13 100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 100%
1952 22 0.000005793 22 100%
1953 32 0.000008304 32 100%
1954 40 0.000010048 40 100%
1955 41 0.000010212 41 100%
1956 37 0.000008974 37 100%
1957 24 0.000005711 24 100%
1958 36 0.000008708 36 100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 100%
1960 34 0.000008185 34 100%
1961 54 0.000013036 54 100%
1962 43 0.000010656 43 100%
1963 50 0.000012632 50 100%
1964 49 0.000012604 49 100%
1965 36 0.00000993 36 100%
1966 40 0.000011509 40 100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 100%
1968 40 0.00001184 40 100%
1969 34 0.000009783 34 100%
1970 30 0.000008318 30 100%
1971 40 0.000011654 40 100%
1972 32 0.000010181 32 100%
1973 42 0.000013922 42 100%
1974 43 0.000014145 43 100%
1975 36 0.000011923 36 100%
1976 49 0.000016149 42 7 71%
1977 40 0.000012592 40 100%
1978 44 0.000013863 44 100%
1979 44 0.000013225 37 7 68%
1980 35 0.000010161 35 100%
1981 36 0.000010407 36 100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 100%
1983 20 0.000005775 20 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 19 100%
1985 19 0.000005323 19 100%
1986 19 0.000005341 19 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 18 0.000004871 18 100%
1989 11 0.000002861 11 100%
1990 9 0.000002277 9 100%
1991 13 0.000003337 8 5 23%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 6 0.000001603 6 100%
2003 9 0.000002367 9 100%
2004 5 0.000001309 5 -100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 -100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 -100%
2008 7 0.000001781 7 -100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 -100%
2014 7 0.000001889 7 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2016 5 0.000001363 5 -100%
2017 9 0.000002517 9 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 -100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%

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