How rare is the name Jaime?

158,232 people in the United States have the first name Jaime, about 1 in 1,909. It ranks #353 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JAIME

#353

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
158,232
About
1 in 1,909
This common or more
52%
Who bears it

Of the 158,232 people named Jaime, 66.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 27.6% as White and 2.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 71.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jaime peaked in 1976, when 9,240 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1976
Births that year
9,240
In 2025*
455 ▼95%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 121,558 babies have been given the name since 1916. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Jaime by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #175. The largest share of babies named Jaime, 35.5%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#7,11431
1920s#3,665185
1930s#2,296337
1940s#1,543843
1950s#7964,102
1960s#5838,292
1970s#17534,585
1980s#21129,065
1990s#33619,444
2000s#47414,296
2010s#8447,299
2020s#1,1413,079
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–647%
Generation X 1965–8035.5%
Millennials 1981–9632.4%
Generation Z 1997–1218%
2013 and later6.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Jaime is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jaime has been most common in California (2.5×), Texas (2.4×), and Arizona (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.1×).

115,160 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Jaime, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Jaime ranks #2,717 of 156,621, with 12,934 people. See Jaime as a last name

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