Jamesen — #12829 US boys' name
192 babies named Jamesen in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Jamesen was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Jamesen in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamesen
The Social Security Administration has registered 192 babies named Jamesen between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamesen currently holds the #12829 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamesen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jamesen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamesen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamesen 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 192 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.
Jamesen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamesen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2017)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #12829 among boys.
192 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 25 births in a single year.
Jamesen popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2005 (Jamesen as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jamesen accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamesen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 60% of Jamesen's all-time total
Jamesen decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Jamesen's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Jamesen by state
Where Jamesen concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 192 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2024 (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.