Jayma
Jayma is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Jayma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jayma is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Jayma
American parents first put Jayma on the record books as a baby girl name in 1949, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1957, when 14 Jaymas were born — ranking #3,150 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2019 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 386 Jaymas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Jayma
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About the name Jayma
Jayma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1949 and has accumulated 386 births in the dataset. Jayma's peak popularity came in 1957 when it ranked #3,150. Use the chart and map above to compare Jayma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.