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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
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| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Jame
- 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)
- Debuted 1903
- Peaked 1940 at #802 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 37 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1955–1964
- 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%)
- 18.5% of all boys named Jame (634) were born in this decade
- 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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 336,416 of them was named Jame, which outranked 22.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,309Zettie7
- #5,309Zondra7
- #5,309Zula7
- #5,851Jame6
- #5,851Adeena6
- #5,851Adraine6
- #5,851Adrina6
- #6,567Abelina5
- #6,567Abigale5
- #6,567Adline5
Tied with 715 names at #5,851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 29,099 of them was named Jame, which outranked 80.8% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).