Jami — #9620 US girls' name
21,468 babies named Jami in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 46% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Jami was born in this single decade.
1,041 babies were named Jami in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jami
The Social Security Administration has registered 21,468 babies named Jami between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jami currently holds the #9620 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 1,041 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jami performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 6,958 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Jami shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,854 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jami in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jami 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 21,468 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.
Jami at a glance
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Current rank
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Jami popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1977)
- 1,041
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #9620 among girls.
21,468 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 1,041 births in a single year.
Jami popularity over time — boys
937 total births recorded since 1955 (Jami as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Jami accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jami by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 6,958 births that decade — 32% of Jami's all-time total
Jami decade highlights
- Peak decade 6,958 births
- Runner-up 6,508 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jami's strongest decade
6,958 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Jami by state
Where Jami concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,854 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 1,338 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,306 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,229 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 944 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 879 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 818 | 3.8% |
| #8 | New York | | 660 | 3.1% |
1,854 of 21,468 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 6.2% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.7% of nationwide
- Indiana 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jami appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1946–2024 (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.