Girls' name · since 1968
Jamese
Jamese has 775 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 775
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jamese sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 775 recorded since 1968.
Jamese has 775 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1968 to 2018.
- #8,936 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 775 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamese ranks #8,936 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 775 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,936 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 775
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jamese's 775 recorded births place it above 87.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Alabama.
Jamese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jamese's full recorded timeline at 1994, 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 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 31 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jamese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2018
- Peak year (1998)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Jamese by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (266 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Jamese's strongest decade.
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Jamese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 88
1970s
88 births
- 1980s
1980s
189 births
- 1990s
1990s
266 births
- 2000s
2000s
166 births
- 2010s 61
2010s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 266 births (34% of all-time use).
How Jamese compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jamese's total volume
Jamese by state
Where Jamese concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 20 | 2.6% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 8 | 1.0% |
| #3 | District of Columbia | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 7 | 0.9% |
20 of 775 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Jamese's data
- Jamese's decade-level peak was the 1990s (266 total births); usage has since declined to 61 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Jameses (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama 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 Jamese: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1968–2018 (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 Jamese 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.