Jamy — unisex name
750 babies named Jamy in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Jamy was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Jamy in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jamy
The Social Security Administration has registered 750 babies named Jamy between 1956 and 2015, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 46 babies received it in a single year. Jamy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 384 additional births since 1960.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jamy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamy in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jamy 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 750 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.
Jamy at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jamy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1956
- Peak year (1976)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
750 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 46 births in a single year.
Jamy popularity over time — boys
384 total births recorded since 1960 (Jamy as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Jamy accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Jamy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 221 births that decade — 29% of Jamy's all-time total
Jamy decade highlights
- Peak decade 221 births
- Runner-up 182 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Jamy's strongest decade
221 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Jamy by state
Where Jamy concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
6 of 750 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
- Indiana 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.8% 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, 1956–2015 (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.