Boys' name · since 1988
Jameek
Jameek has 125 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 125
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jameek is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 125 have been recorded since 1988.
Jameek has 125 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1988 to 2017.
- #15,956 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 125 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jameek ranks #15,956 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #15,956 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 125
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jameek's 125 recorded births place it above 64.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Jameek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jameek's full recorded timeline at 1999, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jameek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2017
- Peak year (1989)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2017.
125 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 8 births in a single year.
Jameek by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (57 births, 46% of the file).
1990s was Jameek's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Jameek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 57 births (46% of all-time use).
Jameek decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Jameek by state
Where Jameek concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 17.6% |
22 of 125 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 17.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 17.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Jameek's decade-level peak was the 1990s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jameeks (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Jameek: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1988–2017 (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 Jameek 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.
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