Unisex name · since 1916
Jaime
71,491 babies named Jaime in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #397 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #658 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71,491
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
71,491 babies have been named Jaime since 1916, making it today's #658 unisex name.
Jaime has 71,491 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #658 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #397 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #658 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 71,491 born since 1916
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jaime ranks #397 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #658 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 71,491 born since 1916, peaking in the 1990s.
- #397 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #658 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 71,491
- born since 1916
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jaime's 71,491 recorded births place it above 99.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jaime compares
71,491 Top 3% higher than 97% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jaime's all-time total is 194x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jaime | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 71,491 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,462 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jaime's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jaime's full recorded timeline at 1971, 82% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 18% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 1,462 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jaime popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 1,462
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Jaime popularity over time - girls
50,067 total births recorded since 1937 (Jaime as girls' name)
Jaime by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (13,570 births, 19% of the file).
1990s was Jaime's strongest decade.
13,570 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Jaime births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 31
1910s
31 births
- 1920s 185
1920s
185 births
- 1930s 332
1930s
332 births
- 1940s 768
1940s
768 births
- 1950s 3,505
1950s
3,505 births
- 1960s
1960s
7,012 births
- 1970s
1970s
11,811 births
- 1980s
1980s
12,853 births
- 1990s
1990s
13,570 births
- 2000s
2000s
12,049 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,563 births
- 2020s 2,812
2020s
2,812 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 13,570 births (19% of all-time use).
How Jaime compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Jaime's total volume
Jaime by state
Where Jaime concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23,104 | 32.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 18,723 | 26.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,291 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 3,899 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 2,299 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 2,096 | 2.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,340 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Washington | | 1,055 | 1.5% |
23,104 of 71,491 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Jaime appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jaime's data
- Jaime's decade-level peak was the 1990s (13,570 total births); usage has since declined to 2,812 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Jaimes (23,104 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jaime: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Jaime 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.