Boys' name · since 1958
Jjames
Since 1958, U.S. Social Security records show 6 babies named Jjames, peaking in 1958. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #37,877 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1958
- 1950s
- peak decade
6 boys have been named Jjames since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Jjames has 6 recorded births among boys since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1958.
- #37,877 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 6 born since 1958
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jjames ranks #37,877 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 6 born since 1958, peaking in the 1950s.
- #37,877 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 6
- born since 1958
- 1950s
- peak decade
Jjames's 6 recorded births place it above 14.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jjames popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1958
- Peak year (1958)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Jjames by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 100% of the file).
1950s was Jjames's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Jjames births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jjames: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1958–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jjames draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.