Jamin — #3288 US boys' name
3,412 babies named Jamin in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Jamin was born in this single decade.
135 babies were named Jamin in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamin
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,412 babies named Jamin between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jamin currently holds the #3288 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 135 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 832 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jamin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 283 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamin in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamin 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 3,412 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.
Jamin at a glance
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Current rank
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Jamin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (1979)
- 135
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #3288 among boys.
3,412 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 135 births in a single year.
Jamin popularity over time — girls
138 total births recorded since 1976 (Jamin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Jamin accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 832 births that decade — 24% of Jamin's all-time total
Jamin decade highlights
- Peak decade 832 births
- Runner-up 797 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jamin's strongest decade
832 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Jamin by state
Where Jamin concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 283 | 8.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 105 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Indiana | | 101 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 97 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 93 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 81 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 57 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Florida | | 32 | 0.9% |
283 of 3,412 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
- Indiana 3.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Jamin appears in 22 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, 1964–2024 (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.