Boys' name · since 1973
Jaems
Jaems has 47 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jaems is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 47 have been recorded since 1973.
Jaems has 47 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1989.
- #22,594 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 47 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaems ranks #22,594 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,594 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 47
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jaems's 47 recorded births place it above 50.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jaems's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaems's full recorded timeline at 1985, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaems popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1989
- Peak year (1987)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Jaems by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (42 births, 89% of the file).
1980s was Jaems's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Jaems births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 42 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jaems: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1989 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jaems draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.