Jamielyn — girls' name
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.
The verdict
252 girls have been named Jamielyn since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2014.
- 252
- total births
- 1976–2014
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
40% of everyone ever named Jamielyn was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Jamielyn in 1983 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamielyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 252 babies named Jamielyn between 1976 and 2014, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamielyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamielyn performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamielyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamielyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamielyn 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 252 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.
Jamielyn at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamielyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1976
- Peak year (1983)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
252 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1983 with 16 births in a single year.
Jamielyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 100 births that decade — 40% of Jamielyn's all-time total
Jamielyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamielyn's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2014 (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.