Jaime

Where Jaime comes from

The dictionaries list Jaime as a given name — a unisex given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,177 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Jaime Rodríguez Jiménez born
    Salvadoran footballer
  3. 1977
    Jaime Pressly born
    American actress, model, and producer
  4. 1980
    Peak, #167
    1,462 babies named Jaime — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1987
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  6. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #425.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.
  • A female given name, variant of Jamie.
  • Alternative form of Jamie.
Namesakes
  • Jaime Rodríguez Jiménez · Salvadoran footballer, 1959–2025
  • Jaime Pressly · American actress, model, and producer, born 1977
  • Jaime Alguersuari · Spanish racing driver, born 1990
  • Jaime Penedo · Panamanian footballer, born 1981
  • Jaime King · American actress and model, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.