Jayme
Jayme is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 23 births. Its best rank was 383rd, in 1985.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 230.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1985597 births
- Best rank
- #383in 1985
- Since 1938
- 17,939people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,056 girls have been named Jayme in the United States since 1938, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1985, with 597 births.
The name has all but left use: 23 births in 2024, against 597 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 33%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Jayme is used for both sexes: 22% of its bearers are boys (3,883), most of them born around 1976.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jayme | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 102 | |
| 1950s | 604 | |
| 1960s | 1,001 | |
| 1970s | 2,637 | |
| 1980s | 4,604 | |
| 1990s | 2,757 | |
| 2000s | 1,555 | |
| 2010s | 652 | |
| 2020s | 139 |
In 1985, its biggest year
Jayme was the 383rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1985 were Jessica, Ashley, Jennifer, Amanda and Sarah. See all of 1985.
Names that rose and fell with Jayme
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Terahpeak 1985
- Erinpeak 1983
- Taishapeak 1984
- Marlanapeak 1978
- Tabithapeak 1978
- Jennellepeak 1981
- Candrapeak 1984
- Ericapeak 1986
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.