Boys' name · since 2001
Jam
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 23 babies named Jam, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jam is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 23 have been recorded since 2001.
Jam has 23 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2008.
- #27,820 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 23 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jam ranks #27,820 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,820 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jam's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jam splits its recorded history at 2006: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2008
- Peak year (2001)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Jam by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Jam's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~7 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, 2001–2008 (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 Jam 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.