Jamesmichael — boys' name
361 babies named Jamesmichael in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Jamesmichael was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Jamesmichael in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamesmichael
The Social Security Administration has registered 361 babies named Jamesmichael between 1976 and 2018, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamesmichael currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamesmichael performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamesmichael shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamesmichael 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 361 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.
Jamesmichael at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamesmichael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1976
- Peak year (1986)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
361 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 17 births in a single year.
Jamesmichael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 114 births that decade — 32% of Jamesmichael's all-time total
Jamesmichael decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Jamesmichael's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1976–2018 (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.