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Jayme

#7,644 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Jamie

Jayme has been given to 17,968 babies in the U.S. since 1938. In 2025 it ranked #7,644 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1985, with 597 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.

Babies named Jayme, 2025

1 in 237,000

Jayme over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Jayme over time

In 2025, Jayme went to 50% girls and 50% boys.

19382025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Jayme: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Jamie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jayme means

Jayme is a variant of Jamie.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jayme → Jamie → James → James → Iacomus. The family’s meaning is “supplanter, heel-grabber”, recorded in Latin with the source elements Iákōbos.

Origin, language, and formation

Jayme is used in Cebuano, Old Galician-Portuguese and Old Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Jamie, James, Jacob and Yago.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,071 girls were recorded with the name Jayme between 1938 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 597 in 1985; its best national rank was #383 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,211 in 2020 to #7,644 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,980 in 2015 to #7,644 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,897 boys were recorded with the name Jayme between 1945 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 125 in 1976; its best national rank was #745 in 1976.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,200 in 2020 to #6,253 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,793 in 2015 to #6,253 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jayme?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 115,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,644
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Jayme sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jayme. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jaymes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jayme was born before 1985 — so the typical Jayme is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
32.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
15.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
13,964
People you could plausibly meet
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1980s — 32.7% of all recorded uses (4,605).

Is Jayme rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−2,128
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,433
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,664
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.24×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
2.3%
Peak was 1985 (597)
Years since peak
40
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#383
1985

Spellings of Jayme

Jayme is not the most common spelling — Joyce is, with 26.6% against Jayme's 0.74%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Jayme is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Jayme was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 7,143 girls, against 1 in 15,324 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in 100,000).

114 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 7,143
  2. 2Washington1 in 7,143
  3. 3Arizona1 in 8,333
  4. 4Kansas1 in 8,333
  5. 5Alaska1 in 10,000
  6. 6California1 in 10,000
  7. 7Colorado1 in 10,000
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 10,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jayme has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Jayme is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Jayme was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 109,485 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

03 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 33,333
  2. 2North Dakota1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Iowa1 in 50,000
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Indiana1 in 100,000
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Jayme has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Jayme around the world

Where Jayme ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2023
    #5,688
    in 2023
  • Scotland
    2006–2006
    #722
    in 2006
  • Canada
    1991–2022
    #2,896
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1976–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Jayme

People whose public names include Jayme, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Jayme in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Jayme. Linked forms have their own page here.

JaimeJaymesSantiagoJaumeChaime

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Jayme by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,644
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,433
Best rank ever
#383
1985
Peak year
1985
597 that year
First recorded
1938
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,071
Count in 2025
14

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,253
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,053
Best rank ever
#745
1976
Peak year
1976
125 that year
First recorded
1945
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,897
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Jayme

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Jayme

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Jayme, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ElishaKristalJenaRachealAdrianneAleciaAdrianChristenMariselaAndriaCoreyKaty

Sibling names for Jayme

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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