Girls' name · since 1976
Jamielyn
252 babies named Jamielyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamielyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 252 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamielyn has been recorded 252 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2014.
- #17,521 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 252 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamielyn ranks #17,521 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 252 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jamielyn's 252 recorded births place it above 75.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Jamielyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jamielyn's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1983 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jamielyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2014
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Jamielyn by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (100 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Jamielyn's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Jamielyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
100 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 100 births (40% of all-time use).
Jamielyn by state
Where Jamielyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 4.4% |
11 of 252 births nationwide.
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- Jamielyn's decade-level peak was the 1980s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Jamielyns (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jamielyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jamielyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.