Jamie
Jamie is given to both girls and boys: 316 girls and 508 boys were given it in 2025 (#858 among girls’ names and #577 among boys’, #772 among all names counting both); 359,590 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Boys have outnumbered girls among babies named Jamie every year since 2021.
An estimated 334,000 Americans named Jamie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 36 and 50.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Jamie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Jamie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Jamie is “a female given name from Hebrew derived from James, of modern American usage.”
Also “a diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.”
Clipping of James + -ie.
/ˈd͡ʒeɪmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Jamie?
#858 among girls’ names, 2025
Jamie fell from #498 in 2015 to #858 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.36 to 0.20 per 1,000.
17,160 babies in 1976, the peak
Jamie peaked in 1976, when 17,160 babies were given it (12,539 girls, #18 among girls’ names). The 824 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 316 | #858 | 508 | #577 |
| 2024 | 392 | #719 | 455 | #622 |
| 2023 | 360 | #783 | 473 | #601 |
| 2022 | 397 | #735 | 449 | #624 |
| 2021 | 414 | #697 | 443 | #624 |
| 2020 | 396 | #709 | 351 | #714 |
| 2019 | 534 | #569 | 326 | #739 |
| 2018 | 489 | #615 | 332 | #721 |
| 2017 | 498 | #608 | 306 | #768 |
| 2016 | 629 | #497 | 281 | #816 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 639 | #498 | 279 | #813 |
| 2014 | 635 | #493 | 296 | #780 |
| 2013 | 610 | #491 | 296 | #763 |
| 2012 | 719 | #434 | 254 | #843 |
| 2011 | 715 | #438 | 278 | #796 |
| 2010 | 841 | #377 | 342 | #686 |
| 2009 | 1,067 | #307 | 367 | #668 |
| 2008 | 1,308 | #263 | 365 | #664 |
| 2007 | 1,397 | #249 | 362 | #664 |
| 2006 | 1,413 | #241 | 422 | #582 |
| 2005 | 1,598 | #218 | 435 | #550 |
| 2004 | 1,726 | #199 | 442 | #534 |
| 2003 | 1,924 | #170 | 412 | #546 |
| 2002 | 1,970 | #164 | 426 | #529 |
| 2001 | 1,945 | #168 | 463 | #496 |
| 2000 | 2,156 | #155 | 455 | #502 |
| 1999 | 2,537 | #129 | 519 | #444 |
| 1998 | 3,066 | #112 | 607 | #403 |
| 1997 | 3,241 | #103 | 656 | #373 |
| 1996 | 3,599 | #96 | 686 | #354 |
| 1995 | 3,770 | #93 | 791 | #328 |
| 1994 | 3,982 | #87 | 954 | #285 |
| 1993 | 4,254 | #79 | 1,111 | #259 |
| 1992 | 4,702 | #75 | 1,159 | #250 |
| 1991 | 5,781 | #60 | 1,286 | #232 |
| 1990 | 6,509 | #55 | 1,321 | #227 |
| 1989 | 6,845 | #52 | 1,474 | #197 |
| 1988 | 7,187 | #45 | 1,470 | #188 |
| 1987 | 7,916 | #39 | 1,541 | #178 |
| 1986 | 9,234 | #34 | 1,468 | #182 |
| 1985 | 11,038 | #27 | 1,630 | #167 |
| 1984 | 9,761 | #31 | 1,764 | #154 |
| 1983 | 11,025 | #28 | 1,773 | #153 |
| 1982 | 11,039 | #29 | 2,091 | #131 |
| 1981 | 10,982 | #28 | 2,356 | #118 |
| 1980 | 11,529 | #24 | 2,845 | #105 |
| 1979 | 12,156 | #19 | 3,240 | #88 |
| 1978 | 10,982 | #20 | 2,864 | #95 |
| 1977 | 12,895 | #18 | 3,447 | #82 |
| 1976 | 12,539 | #18 | 4,621 | #62 |
| 1975 | 4,233 | #68 | 4,573 | #62 |
| 1974 | 3,020 | #97 | 4,086 | #68 |
| 1973 | 2,954 | #103 | 3,913 | #70 |
| 1972 | 2,810 | #114 | 3,680 | #72 |
| 1971 | 3,054 | #118 | 3,231 | #96 |
| 1970 | 3,202 | #120 | 2,641 | #125 |
| 1969 | 2,902 | #121 | 1,568 | #179 |
| 1968 | 2,688 | #120 | 1,223 | #193 |
| 1967 | 2,511 | #140 | 1,031 | #217 |
| 1966 | 2,656 | #138 | 961 | #225 |
| 1965 | 2,748 | #140 | 944 | #242 |
| 1964 | 2,314 | #169 | 1,115 | #225 |
| 1963 | 2,550 | #160 | 897 | #255 |
| 1962 | 2,786 | #152 | 820 | #266 |
| 1961 | 2,337 | #171 | 733 | #285 |
| 1960 | 2,202 | #180 | 738 | #289 |
| 1959 | 1,824 | #196 | 774 | #284 |
| 1958 | 1,312 | #231 | 644 | #296 |
| 1957 | 1,276 | #238 | 442 | #364 |
| 1956 | 1,029 | #267 | 288 | #443 |
| 1955 | 1,145 | #241 | 259 | #459 |
| 1954 | 987 | #266 | 253 | #455 |
| 1953 | 897 | #277 | 204 | #491 |
| 1952 | 691 | #306 | 137 | #603 |
| 1951 | 545 | #339 | 87 | #746 |
| 1950 | 468 | #370 | 87 | #737 |
| 1949 | 401 | #398 | 98 | #689 |
| 1948 | 386 | #404 | 103 | #666 |
| 1947 | 327 | #452 | 79 | #773 |
| 1946 | 337 | #418 | 64 | #821 |
| 1945 | 226 | #479 | 80 | #672 |
| 1944 | 122 | #676 | 64 | #784 |
| 1943 | 154 | #608 | 78 | #732 |
| 1942 | 120 | #682 | 56 | #884 |
| 1941 | 81 | #804 | 43 | #980 |
| 1940 | 74 | #830 | 42 | #999 |
| 1939 | 62 | #892 | 42 | #984 |
| 1938 | 72 | #835 | 41 | #996 |
| 1937 | 58 | #908 | 34 | #1,135 |
| 1936 | 49 | #983 | 49 | #877 |
| 1935 | 49 | #987 | 55 | #847 |
| 1934 | 52 | #959 | 44 | #962 |
| 1933 | 49 | #991 | 45 | #944 |
| 1932 | 68 | #839 | 43 | #1,016 |
| 1931 | 68 | #833 | 45 | #990 |
| 1930 | 56 | #987 | 37 | #1,163 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,071 | 41 | #1,081 |
| 1928 | 58 | #976 | 43 | #1,070 |
| 1927 | 56 | #1,029 | 39 | #1,152 |
| 1926 | 77 | #838 | 53 | #938 |
| 1925 | 58 | #979 | 34 | #1,240 |
| 1924 | 54 | #1,066 | 35 | #1,234 |
| 1923 | 71 | #873 | 42 | #1,108 |
| 1922 | 63 | #934 | 41 | #1,115 |
| 1921 | 60 | #960 | 36 | #1,213 |
| 1920 | 64 | #911 | 29 | #1,363 |
| 1919 | 73 | #826 | 37 | #1,149 |
| 1918 | 64 | #898 | 35 | #1,185 |
| 1917 | 45 | #1,059 | 28 | #1,310 |
| 1916 | 55 | #920 | 35 | #1,109 |
| 1915 | 59 | #853 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1914 | 33 | #1,049 | 25 | #1,172 |
| 1913 | 36 | #890 | 20 | #1,157 |
| 1912 | 34 | #863 | 12 | #1,474 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,203 | 12 | #1,011 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,142 | 8 | #1,258 |
| 1909 | 27 | #780 | 11 | #924 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,061 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 15 | #1,013 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 16 | #937 | 5 | #1,330 |
| 1905 | 23 | #768 | 9 | #875 |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,134 | 9 | #845 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,257 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 15 | #919 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 20 | #732 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 20 | #844 | 6 | #1,236 |
| 1899 | 14 | #892 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,068 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,118 | 5 | #1,142 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,258 | 6 | #1,048 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,087 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,101 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,046 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 10 | #983 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 11 | #864 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 12 | #805 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,373 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,220 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,086 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Jamie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 359,590 Americans recorded as Jamie, 75% are girls and 25% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Jamie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Jamie, and how old are they?
334,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 359,590 Americans ever recorded as Jamie. The median Jamie alive today is 44 years old; half are between 36 and 50.
The 2020 Census counted 312,010 people named Jamie (239,255 women and girls, 72,755 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 335,826 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 732 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 25,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 127,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 136,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 34,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 11,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Jamie born?
The states with the most babies named Jamie are California, New York and Texas, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 33,546 | #794 | 0.8× |
| New York | 21,437 | #715 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 21,149 | #846 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 18,704 | #1,161 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 17,960 | #653 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 16,920 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 15,905 | #614 | 1.1× |
| Florida | 12,579 | #931 | 0.9× |
| North Carolina | 10,510 | #805 | 1.1× |
| Indiana | 9,869 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Jamie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Jamie is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Jamie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 548,654 babies since 1880, Jamie is the most given (66% of them). In 2025 it was given to 824 of their 1,352 babies (61%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Jamie and names like it
- Compare Jamie and JaimeBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sJamie peaked in 1976.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Jamie since 1910.
- English namesWiktionary’s origin for Jamie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1976The year the most babies were named Jamie.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Jamie alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with JMost given first.