Jamey
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 68.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 430 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,755since 1944
Jamey 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 | #11,932 | 7 | #4,249 | 24 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #4,295 | 23 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #5,720 | 15 |
| 2011 | #5,543 | 24 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #4,429 | 22 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | #3,421 | 32 |
| 2007 | #4,567 | 32 | #4,808 | 19 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 | #3,615 | 26 |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #4,109 | 32 | #3,838 | 22 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #2,685 | 35 |
| 2001 | #4,564 | 26 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #3,738 | 34 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 | #2,939 | 28 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #3,365 | 34 | #1,991 | 45 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | #1,842 | 49 |
| 1995 | #2,977 | 39 | #2,026 | 41 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | #1,581 | 58 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | #1,792 | 47 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 63 | #1,359 | 69 |
| 1991 | #2,660 | 45 | #1,422 | 64 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 | #1,336 | 69 |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #1,228 | 76 |
| 1988 | #2,187 | 52 | #1,204 | 71 |
| 1987 | #2,129 | 51 | #1,114 | 74 |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 | #1,067 | 76 |
| 1985 | #1,710 | 67 | #810 | 120 |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | #823 | 113 |
| 1983 | #1,552 | 72 | #906 | 95 |
| 1982 | #1,384 | 88 | #827 | 115 |
| 1981 | #1,193 | 110 | #654 | 171 |
| 1980 | #1,419 | 86 | #640 | 184 |
| 1979 | #1,184 | 111 | #556 | 239 |
| 1978 | #1,221 | 102 | #533 | 240 |
| 1977 | #1,004 | 134 | #435 | 332 |
| 1976 | #903 | 146 | #369 | 430 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 | #389 | 402 |
| 1974 | #1,486 | 66 | #391 | 394 |
| 1973 | #1,570 | 59 | #394 | 388 |
| 1972 | #1,516 | 62 | #398 | 387 |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 | #457 | 316 |
| 1970 | #1,562 | 62 | #470 | 294 |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 | #601 | 170 |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | #707 | 114 |
| 1967 | #1,821 | 41 | #705 | 110 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | #901 | 64 |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | #777 | 90 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | #849 | 80 |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 | #936 | 64 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 | #817 | 86 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 | #940 | 66 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 | #951 | 63 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #906 | 71 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 | #994 | 59 |
| 1957 | #2,168 | 26 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #1,722 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | — | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #3,430 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Jamey! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1946, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamey is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#239 · 1 in 1,720
- Iowa#244 · 1 in 3,012
- Kentucky#256 · 1 in 2,731
- Tennessee#283 · 1 in 2,661
- Virginia#294 · 1 in 2,668
Best ever in a state: #134 in South Dakota, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #239 | 15 | 1 in 1,720 |
| Iowa | #244 | 7 | 1 in 3,012 |
| Kentucky | #256 | 10 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Tennessee | #283 | 12 | 1 in 2,661 |
| Virginia | #294 | 12 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Georgia | #303 | 16 | 1 in 2,360 |
| Wisconsin | #320 | 7 | 1 in 4,590 |
| South Carolina | #345 | 7 | 1 in 2,923 |
| North Carolina | #364 | 10 | 1 in 3,717 |
| Pennsylvania | #365 | 14 | 1 in 5,241 |
| Oklahoma | #384 | 5 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Louisiana | #438 | 9 | 1 in 3,672 |
| Ohio | #462 | 10 | 1 in 7,707 |
| Indiana | #479 | 5 | 1 in 7,861 |
| Illinois | #506 | 12 | 1 in 6,616 |
| Michigan | #538 | 7 | 1 in 9,178 |
| Texas | #641 | 14 | 1 in 8,223 |
| Florida | #648 | 6 | 1 in 8,501 |
| New York | #822 | 8 | 1 in 13,782 |
| California | #956 | 9 | 1 in 18,770 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jamey
- 641 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,249)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,249)
- 46 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 196 spots in 1967 (#901 → #705)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1986 (#810 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1976 at #369 (430 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1958–1985
- Highest: 1 in 3,649 boys born in 1976 were named Jamey (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.7% of all boys named Jamey (3,422) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2011, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 18 | #2,862 (1947) | #3,320 |
| 1950s | 257 | #906 (1959) | #2,073 |
| 1960s | 907 | #601 (1969) | #818 |
| 1970s | 3,422 | #369 (1976) | #439 |
| 1980s | 1,095 | #640 (1980) | #927 |
| 1990s | 498 | #1,336 (1990) | #1,914 |
| 2000s | 236 | #2,685 (2002) | #3,952 |
| 2010s | 203 | #3,708 (2010) | #4,833 |
| 2020s | 119 | #4,249 (2025) | #4,934 |
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.
Jamey in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,018 of them was named Jamey, which outranked 89.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,212Shalanda103
- #1,212Stormy103
- #1,212Tabetha103
- #1,221Jamey102
- #1,221Bonita102
- #1,221Cassidy102
- #1,221Chantal102
- #1,231Candida101
- #1,231Estella101
- #1,231Joslyn101
Tied with 9 names at #1,221; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 6,841 of them was named Jamey, which outranked 92.1% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).