Jamesdean — boys' name
22 babies named Jamesdean in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
73% of everyone ever named Jamesdean was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jamesdean in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamesdean
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Jamesdean between 1994 and 2014, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamesdean currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamesdean performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Jamesdean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamesdean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 22 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Jamesdean at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamesdean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1994
- Peak year (1994)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
22 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 6 births in a single year.
Jamesdean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 16 births that decade — 73% of Jamesdean's all-time total
Jamesdean decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jamesdean's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 73% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.