Jamey
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
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
By decade
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.
- Darrickpeak 1971
- Shadpeak 1971
- Chadpeak 1972
- Chadwickpeak 1975
- Heathpeak 1974
- Shawnpeak 1971
- Jasonpeak 1977
- Dedricpeak 1977
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.