Girls' name · peaked in 1977
Jami name popularity since 1925
22,410 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jami (95.8% girls, 4.2% boys). Half of them were born in 1979 or earlier, so the typical Jami is about 47 years old in 2026. Jami peaked in 1977 as the #239 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,410
- Named Jami, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #13,909 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.8% girls
- 21,473 girls · 937 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.68× its national share
Peak year is the year Jami made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Jami births per year, 1925–2025
1977 was the biggest year for Jami both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1957 and 1962, Jami became 2.3× more common, from 1 in 14,800 baby girls to 1 in 6,450.
- Steepest fall: Between 1990 and 1995, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 4,150 to 1 in 8,370.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jami's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jami.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jami in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 44 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 844 | 48 | #1,170 |
| 1960s | 3,322 | 111 | #528 |
| 1970s | 6,958 | 370 | #356 |
| 1980s | 6,507 | 179 | #341 |
| 1990s | 2,710 | 110 | #902 |
| 2000s | 844 | 58 | #2,210 |
| 2010s | 191 | 44 | #5,363 |
| 2020–25 | 53 | 17 | #13,909 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
45.9% of babies named Jami from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Jami is most popular
The index compares Jami's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Jami.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.68× | 434 |
| Nebraska | 2.63× | 351 |
| Kansas | 2.27× | 439 |
| Oklahoma | 2.18× | 541 |
| Iowa | 2.10× | 507 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jami and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Jami (this page) | 21,473 | 1977 |
| Jamie | 269,905 | 1976 |
| Jammie | 4,001 | 1976 |
| Jamee | 2,734 | 1977 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jami's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jami.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jami (1977).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data