Jamie — #717 US unisex name
270,619 babies named Jamie in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Jamie was born in this single decade.
12,895 babies were named Jamie in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamie
The Social Security Administration has registered 270,619 babies named Jamie between 1884 and 2024, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamie currently holds the #717 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 12,895 babies received it in a single year. Jamie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 88,138 additional births since 1896.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamie performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 96,558 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Jamie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28,064 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamie 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 270,619 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.
Jamie at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1884
- Peak year (1977)
- 12,895
- Annual births at peak — across 141 years of records
Currently ranks #717 among girls.
270,619 total births across 141 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 12,895 births in a single year.
Jamie popularity over time — boys
88,138 total births recorded since 1896 (Jamie as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jamie accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 96,558 births that decade — 36% of Jamie's all-time total
Jamie decade highlights
- Peak decade 96,558 births
- Runner-up 67,845 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamie's strongest decade
96,558 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Jamie by state
Where Jamie concentrates geographically — total births since 1884
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28,064 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 16,736 | 6.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 15,684 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 14,622 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 13,675 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 13,328 | 4.9% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 12,218 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 9,573 | 3.5% |
28,064 of 270,619 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
- Texas 6.2% of nationwide
- New York 5.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jamie appears in 51 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, 1884–2024 (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.