Jamye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamye

The Social Security Administration has registered 835 babies named Jamye between 1947 and 2012, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamye performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 210 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Jamye shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jamye in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamye 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 835 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.