girls:
21.5k births since 1946
#988 (83rd percentile)
boys:
932 births since 1955
#3659 (20th percentile)
overall:
22.4k births since 1946
#1698 (78th percentile)
The name Jami is the #1,698 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22,389 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 78.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #988 (82.7% percentile) for all time with 21,457 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #3,659 (20.2% percentile) for all time with 932 births since 1955.
Jami first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1955 for boys).
The name Jami has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 95.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 56.3% of babies named Jami were girls.
For girls, Jami reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 70.1% percentile (ranked #230) with 633 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 633 births per million (ranked 70.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1980, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jami ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 0.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jami reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #613) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jami ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 13.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jami".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jami. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.4% confident that Jami is pronounced as JAY-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAH-mee, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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