Jame
Jame was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 3,833 Americans have been recorded with it between 1903 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,390 Americans named Jame and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 57 years old and half are between 44 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jame by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Jame?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,505, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
93 babies in 1957, the peak
Jame peaked in 1957, when 93 babies were given it (87 boys, #809 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | under 5 | 6 | #11,505 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #13,142 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 5 | #13,087 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #13,026 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 7 | #9,985 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 8 | #9,140 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 5 | #13,052 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 7 | #10,116 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 8 | #9,341 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 8 | #9,344 |
Every recorded year (109)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | under 5 | 10 | #7,829 | |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,303 | 9 | #8,298 |
| 2005 | under 5 | 7 | #9,533 | |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,968 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,196 | 6 | #9,905 |
| 2001 | under 5 | 6 | #9,779 | |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,319 | 6 | #9,583 |
| 1999 | 5 | #15,353 | 15 | #4,627 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,089 | 8 | #7,124 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,303 | 11 | #5,423 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,411 | 13 | #4,710 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 12 | #4,922 | |
| 1994 | 7 | #11,010 | 12 | #4,918 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,015 | 11 | #5,150 |
| 1992 | 9 | #9,023 | 12 | #4,672 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 16 | #3,714 | |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,634 | 17 | #3,511 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,295 | 24 | #2,641 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,872 | 15 | #3,421 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,062 | 34 | #1,876 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,787 | 33 | #1,856 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,187 | 22 | #2,380 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,569 | 19 | #2,568 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,971 | 27 | #1,979 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,538 | 28 | #1,954 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,445 | 26 | #2,062 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,763 | 29 | #1,925 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,205 | 21 | #2,333 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,024 | 28 | #1,846 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,670 | 29 | #1,805 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,442 | 36 | #1,514 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,451 | 43 | #1,330 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,270 | 39 | #1,377 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,909 | 36 | #1,415 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,753 | 59 | #1,056 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,920 | 54 | #1,118 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,185 | 65 | #1,009 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,836 | 59 | #1,005 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,868 | 43 | #1,157 |
| 1967 | under 5 | 57 | #960 | |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,297 | 66 | #893 |
| 1965 | under 5 | 46 | #1,099 | |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,758 | 67 | #933 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,540 | 67 | #917 |
| 1962 | 8 | #5,037 | 73 | #893 |
| 1961 | 6 | #6,113 | 73 | #899 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,586 | 68 | #919 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 67 | #943 | |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,465 | 73 | #887 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,684 | 87 | #809 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 57 | #995 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 66 | #917 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 49 | #1,072 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 59 | #934 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 57 | #944 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 69 | #844 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 50 | #982 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 46 | #1,036 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 57 | #913 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 44 | #1,098 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 40 | #1,104 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 43 | #980 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 40 | #1,047 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 61 | #851 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 54 | #903 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 40 | #1,028 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 60 | #806 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 36 | #1,077 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 48 | #916 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 38 | #1,042 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 34 | #1,128 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 36 | #1,087 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 41 | #1,014 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 44 | #953 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 32 | #1,208 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 35 | #1,159 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 36 | #1,184 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 35 | #1,184 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 36 | #1,199 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 36 | #1,214 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 40 | #1,138 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 24 | #1,556 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 25 | #1,552 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 21 | #1,720 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 25 | #1,527 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 9 | #3,099 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 22 | #1,665 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 17 | #1,925 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 15 | #2,110 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 15 | #2,039 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 20 | #1,619 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 13 | #2,120 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 13 | #1,822 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 10 | #1,873 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 13 | #1,392 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,715 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 5 | #1,499 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 5 | #1,445 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 6 | #1,077 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jame a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,833 Americans recorded as Jame, 11% are girls and 89% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jame: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jame, and how old are they?
2,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 3,833 Americans ever recorded as Jame. The median Jame alive today is 57 years old; half are between 44 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 4,759 people named Jame (943 women and girls, 3,816 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,642 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.8 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Jame rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 157 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 830 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 768 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 444 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 154 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 36 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jame born?
The states with the most babies named Jame are Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 410 | not ranked | 6.9× |
| Alabama | 121 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Georgia | 87 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 84 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| California | 51 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 49 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 40 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 37 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 22 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 19 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Jame is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jame is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 6.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jame with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 135,929 babies since 1880, Jame is the third most given (2.8% of them). In 2025 none of their 493 babies recorded by SSA was a Jame (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Jame
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Jame and names like it
- Compare Jame and JaimeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sJame peaked in 1957.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jame since 1910.
- The top names of 1957The year the most babies were named Jame.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Jame alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with JMost given first.