Mostly girls · peaked in 1985
Jayme name popularity since 1925
17,968 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Jayme (78.3% girls, 21.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1985 or earlier, so the typical Jayme is about 41 years old in 2026. Jayme peaked in 1985 as the #383 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,968
- Named Jayme, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #7,646 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 78.3% girls
- 14,071 girls · 3,897 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 2.02× its national share
Peak year is the year Jayme 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.
Jayme births per year, 1925–2025
1985 was the biggest year for Jayme both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1971 and 1976, Jayme became 3.8× more common, from 1 in 11,700 baby girls to 1 in 3,050.
- Steepest fall: Between 1985 and 1990, its share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 2,880 to 1 in 4,980.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Jayme's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Jayme.
Decade by decade
Babies named Jayme 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 | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 102 | 17 | #3,807 |
| 1950s | 604 | 189 | #1,176 |
| 1960s | 1,001 | 377 | #1,131 |
| 1970s | 2,637 | 946 | #703 |
| 1980s | 4,605 | 914 | #383 |
| 1990s | 2,757 | 664 | #783 |
| 2000s | 1,555 | 424 | #1,549 |
| 2010s | 652 | 242 | #2,980 |
| 2020–25 | 153 | 124 | #7,646 |
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
42.2% of babies named Jayme from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Jayme is most popular
The index compares Jayme'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 Jayme.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 2.02× | 301 |
| Washington | 1.85× | 354 |
| Wisconsin | 1.68× | 377 |
| Minnesota | 1.60× | 334 |
| California | 1.49× | 1,804 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Jayme's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Jayme.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Jayme (1985).
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