Mostly girls · peaked in 1976
Jamie name popularity since 1925
358,078 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jamie (75.4% girls, 24.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Jamie is about 45 years old in 2026. Jamie peaked in 1976 as the #18 name for girls, and it ranked #858 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 358,078
- Named Jamie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #858
- for girls in 2025 (316 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 75.4% girls
- 269,905 girls · 88,173 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 1.95× its national share
Peak year is the year Jamie 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.
Jamie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1977. Measured as a share of all babies, Jamie peaked in 1976.
- Fastest rise: Between 1971 and 1976, Jamie became 4.7× more common, from 1 in 545 baby girls to 1 in 117.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 50%, from 1 in 1,450 to 1 in 2,880.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jamie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jamie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jamie 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 | 296 | 210 | – |
| 1930s | 583 | 435 | #987 |
| 1940s | 2,228 | 707 | #479 |
| 1950s | 10,174 | 3,175 | #241 |
| 1960s | 25,694 | 10,030 | #140 |
| 1970s | 67,845 | 36,296 | #68 |
| 1980s | 96,556 | 18,412 | #27 |
| 1990s | 41,441 | 9,090 | #93 |
| 2000s | 16,504 | 4,149 | #218 |
| 2010s | 6,309 | 2,990 | #498 |
| 2020–25 | 2,275 | 2,679 | #858 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
39.2% of babies named Jamie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Jamie is most popular
The index compares Jamie'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 Jamie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 1.95× | 940 |
| Alaska | 1.64× | 871 |
| Montana | 1.62× | 1,687 |
| Utah | 1.41× | 4,287 |
| Oklahoma | 1.34× | 6,255 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Jamie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie (this page) | 269,905 | 1976 |
| Jami | 21,473 | 1977 |
| Jammie | 4,001 | 1976 |
| Jamee | 2,734 | 1977 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jamie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jamie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jamie (1976).
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