Jame
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #17,168 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 89.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1940 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,430since 1903
Jame over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #8,789 | 8 | |
| 2012 | — | #12,274 | 5 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #4,537 | 15 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #4,564 | 12 |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #1,864 | 34 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,837 | 33 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #1,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #1,502 | 36 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,370 | 39 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,400 | 36 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,050 | 59 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,109 | 54 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #1,005 | 65 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,000 | 59 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | — | #955 | 57 | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #888 | 66 |
| 1965 | — | #1,094 | 46 | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #929 | 67 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #911 | 67 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #891 | 73 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #896 | 73 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #916 | 68 |
| 1959 | — | #939 | 67 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #883 | 73 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #803 | 87 |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #915 | 66 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,068 | 49 | |
| 1953 | — | #932 | 59 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #843 | 69 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,029 | 46 | |
| 1948 | — | #910 | 57 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,093 | 44 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,094 | 40 | |
| 1945 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,038 | 40 | |
| 1943 | — | #846 | 61 | |
| 1942 | — | #900 | 54 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,019 | 40 | |
| 1940 | — | #802 | 60 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,070 | 36 | |
| 1938 | — | #912 | 48 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,031 | 38 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,078 | 36 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,007 | 41 | |
| 1933 | — | #946 | 44 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,198 | 32 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,145 | 35 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,173 | 36 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,173 | 35 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,188 | 36 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,198 | 36 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,124 | 40 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,534 | 24 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,532 | 25 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,696 | 21 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,503 | 25 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,986 | 15 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,594 | 20 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,772 | 13 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,353 | 13 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,373 | 5 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1903
The first year at least five boys were named Jame! It came in at #1,009, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 268 spots in 1940 (#1,070 → #802)
- Biggest drop: 217 spots in 1941 (#802 → #1,019)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1940 at #802 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 37 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1955–1964
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,320
- Highest: 1 in 19,320 boys born in 1940 were named Jame (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 18.5% of all boys named Jame (634) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 16 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,242 |
| 1910s | 121 | #1,353 (1912) | #1,791 |
| 1920s | 273 | #1,124 (1926) | #1,558 |
| 1930s | 380 | #912 (1938) | #1,068 |
| 1940s | 485 | #802 (1940) | #970 |
| 1950s | 634 | #803 (1957) | #929 |
| 1960s | 619 | #888 (1966) | #963 |
| 1970s | 410 | #1,005 (1970) | #1,468 |
| 1980s | 257 | #1,837 (1986) | #2,238 |
| 1990s | 127 | #3,467 (1990) | #4,754 |
| 2000s | 60 | #7,590 (2007) | #8,807 |
| 2010s | 37 | #8,789 (2013) | #10,793 |
| 2020s | 11 | #10,938 (2024) | #11,634 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jame in 1955
boys
#915
66 births · 1 in 31,210 boys
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 31,210 of them was named Jame, which outranked 79.2% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).