Jammy — boys' name
332 babies named Jammy in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Jammy was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Jammy in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jammy
The Social Security Administration has registered 332 babies named Jammy between 1958 and 2011, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jammy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Jammy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 130 additional births since 1962.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jammy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jammy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jammy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jammy 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 332 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.
Jammy at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jammy popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1958
- Peak year (1976)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
332 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 27 births in a single year.
Jammy popularity over time — girls
130 total births recorded since 1962 (Jammy as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Jammy accounts for 28% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jammy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 179 births that decade — 54% of Jammy's all-time total
Jammy decade highlights
- Peak decade 179 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jammy's strongest decade
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Jammy by state
Where Jammy concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 332 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.5% 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, 1958–2011 (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.