How rare is the name Jame?

4,759 people in the United States have the first name Jame, about 1 in 63,465. It ranks #4,068 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

JAME

#4,068

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,759
About
1 in 63,465
This common or more
83.5%
Who bears it

Of the 4,759 people named Jame, 65% reported their origin as White, 16.6% as Black and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 80.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jame peaked in 1957, when 93 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032024
Peak year
1957
Births that year
93
In 2024
6 ▼94%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 3,833 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Jame by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,082. The largest share of babies named Jame, 31.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,84016
1910s#3,681121
1920s#2,828273
1930s#2,128380
1940s#2,082485
1950s#2,094645
1960s#2,169691
1970s#2,913513
1980s#4,077381
1990s#8,502186
2000s#16,92194
2010s#27,55237
2020s#32,45811
Greatest Generation 1901–278.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.5%
Baby boom 1946–6431.8%
Generation X 1965–8022.6%
Millennials 1981–9612.2%
Generation Z 1997–124.1%
2013 and later0.9%

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.

Exactly as common as Jame

1 other first name also has 4,759 people.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Jame ranks #77,921 of 156,621, with 265 people. See Jame as a last name

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