girls:
16 births since 1970
#5700 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1971
#3285 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1970
#6393 (17th percentile)
The name Jamaine is the #6,393 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,350 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 17.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,285 (28.3% percentile) for all time with 1,334 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,700 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 16 births since 1970.
Jamaine first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (1970 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Jamaine is available in 51 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jamaine has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.8% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1971, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1970 to 1970), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (99.2% boys from 1971 to 2023).
For boys, Jamaine reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 8.6% percentile (ranked #618) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 37 births per million (ranked 8.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jamaine ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 8.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jamaine reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #742) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamaine".
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