girls:
1.9k births since 1956
#3894 (32nd percentile)
boys:
20.1k births since 1931
#815 (82nd percentile)
overall:
22k births since 1931
#1714 (78th percentile)
The name Jamison is the #1,714 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22,035 recorded births since 1931. This represents the 77.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #815 (82.2% percentile) for all time with 20,126 births since 1931. For girls, it ranks #3,894 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,909 births since 1956.
Jamison first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1931 (1931 for boys and 1956 for girls). Birth data for Jamison is available in 76 out of the 93 years between 1931 and 2023 (76 years for boys and 63 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 Jamison has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Jamison reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 55.9% percentile (ranked #405) with 366 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 366 births per million (ranked 55.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jamison ranks #544 for boys (40.3% percentile) with 226 births per million, which is 61.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Jamison reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 10.6% percentile (ranked #840) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 51 births per million (ranked 10.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2005, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jamison ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamison".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Jamison. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.0% confident that Jamison is pronounced as JA-mih-suhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JAY-muh-suhn, at 23.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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