Jaymz — boys' name
352 babies named Jaymz in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
352 boys have been named Jaymz since 1989, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 352
- total births
- 1989–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Jaymz was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Jaymz in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaymz
The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Jaymz between 1989 and 2019, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jaymz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaymz performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 149 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Jaymz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jaymz in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaymz 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 352 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.
Jaymz at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaymz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1989
- Peak year (1994)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
352 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 24 births in a single year.
Jaymz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 149 births that decade — 42% of Jaymz's all-time total
Jaymz decade highlights
- Peak decade 149 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Jaymz's strongest decade
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Jaymz by state
Where Jaymz concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 352 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.4% 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, 1989–2019 (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.