Names/J

Jamey

boys’ name · 69%girls’ name · 31%FadedCompare

Jamey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 369th, in 1976.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
200.00% of boys
Peak year
1976430 births
Best rank
#369in 1976
Since 1944
9,777people given the name
Babies named Jamey, by year of birthboysgirls
012525037550018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

6,731 boys have been named Jamey in the United States since 1944, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1976, with 430 births.

The name has all but left use: 20 births in 2024, against 430 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1976, and the 1970s alone account for 51%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Jamey is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are girls (3,046), most of them born around 1976.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Jamey
1940s18
1950s257
1960s907
1970s3,422
1980s1,095
1990s498
2000s236
2010s203
2020s95

In 1976, its biggest year

Jamey was the 369th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1976 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1976.

Names that rose and fell with Jamey

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.