US Name Trends

Jamie

A Scottish pet form of James, long used for both sexes.

1977peak year
No. 18best rank (1976)
359,590babies since 1880
No. 857rank in 2025

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Jamie per year — peak 12,895▬ girls ▬ boys18801900192019401960198020002020

Jamie first shows up in the national records in 1884. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American girls in every year from 1974 to 1996. Its biggest year was 1977, when 12,895 newborn girls received the name, ranking it No. 18 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 857 for girls. The name has also seen real use for boys: 88,654 of the 359,590 Americans given the name since 1880.

Related names

Other spellings on record: Jami (22,410), Jaimie (10,453), Jamey (9,808), Jammie (6,486), Jaimee (4,613), Jaymie (4,125) (total births since 1880)

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By the decade

DecadeBirthsBest rank
1880s15No. 1024
1890s103No. 791
1900s171No. 723
1910s430No. 823
1920s608No. 836
1930s583No. 830
1940s2,228No. 398
1950s10,174No. 196
1960s25,694No. 120
1970s67,845No. 18
1980s96,556No. 24
1990s41,441No. 55
2000s16,504No. 155
2010s6,309No. 377
2020s2,275No. 696

Births and rank shown for girls, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.

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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.