Jami

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 95.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1977 · 1,041 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,473
since 1946

Jami over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jami has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #239, 1977girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#9,55610#12,3495
2023#10,3129#9,7637
2022#9,68010
2021#10,2929
2020#10,2509#12,0225
2019#7,34215
2018#7,40915#12,1565
2017#7,44215#7,54610
2016#11,7818
2015#5,28825
2014#6,71318#12,1085
2013#6,46219
2012#6,57619
2011#5,35825#5,94514
2010#4,49432#7,59110
2009#4,01338
2008#3,31650
2007#2,89062#12,3675
2006#2,63168#10,6626
2005#2,20483#9,1157
2004#1,94296#6,97610
2003#2,26075#6,71510
2002#1,80599#9,3926
2001#1,476127#9,2436
2000#1,305146#7,4168
1999#1,309138#7,8747
1998#1,195155#6,8438
1997#953207#6,6188
1996#936207#5,53510
1995#902210#4,05215
1994#858229#4,80312
1993#704304#5,36010
1992#633356#4,32713
1991#521446#4,23113
1990#520458#3,97114
1989#512457#4,52711
1988#464486#3,91512
1987#426524#3,33914
1986#419524#3,13115
1985#340690#2,35722
1984#367623#2,61318
1983#315737#2,67617
1982#319757#2,34121
1981#300803#2,20423
1980#275906#2,05826
1979#264921#1,59836
1978#257917#1,96525
1977#2391,041#1,78029
1976#241980#1,39041
1975#356603#1,40739
1974#434446#1,24445
1973#409486#1,25343
1972#409482#1,23045
1971#402533#1,56031
1970#413549#1,39636
1969#410537#2,13016
1968#471417#1,89418
1967#506351#1,90617
1966#528320#3,9485
1965#527327#2,47611
1964#588283#4,0395
1963#612270#2,67310
1962#563305#3,3057
1961#647249#2,53811
1960#620263#2,53511
1959#719194#2,20014
1958#766170#2,37012
1957#865138#3,0248
1956#956111#3,2167
1955#1,16773#3,2017
1954#1,28559
1953#1,50342
1952#2,12623
1951#1,96825
1950#3,6629
1949#3,8928
1948#3,35010
1947#2,76914
1946#2,88012
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named Jami! It came in at #2,880, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 3,652 spots since 2024 (#9,556#13,208)
  • 2,958 spots since 2020 (#10,250#13,208)
  • 7,920 spots since 2015 (#5,288#13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1956 (#1,167#956)
  • Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1998 (#953#1,195)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1977 at #239 (1,041 births)
  • Births halved by 1988, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1956–1997
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,473
  • Highest: 1 in 1,473 girls born in 1977 were named Jami (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 32.4% of all girls named Jami (6,958) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s44#2,769 (1947)#3,223
1950s844#719 (1959)#1,502
1960s3,322#410 (1969)#547
1970s6,958#239 (1977)#342
1980s6,507#275 (1980)#374
1990s2,710#520 (1990)#853
2000s844#1,305 (2000)#2,384
2010s191#4,494 (2010)#6,887
2020s53#9,556 (2024)#10,550

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jami in 1956

girls
#956
111 births · 1 in 18,087 girls
boys
#3,216
7 births · 1 in 302,186 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #956Jami111

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #3,216Jami7
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 18,087 of them was named Jami, which outranked 86.1% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jami
  1. #951Nicki112
  2. #951Odessa112
  3. #951Venus112
  4. #956Jami111
  5. #956Antionette111
  6. #956Elnora111
  7. #956Laurene111
  8. #963Glendora110
  9. #963Meg110
  10. #965Cristina109

Tied with 6 names at #956; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 302,186 of them was named Jami, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jami
  1. #2,969Zan8
  2. #2,969Zebbie8
  3. #2,969Zev8
  4. #3,216Jami7
  5. #3,216Abron7
  6. #3,216Adelbert7
  7. #3,216Admiral7
  8. #3,535Abbie6
  9. #3,535Abbott6
  10. #3,535Abie6

Tied with 318 names at #3,216; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956