girls:
835 births since 1947
#4881 (15th percentile)
boys:
12 births since 1969
#4574 (0th percentile)
overall:
847 births since 1947
#6892 (11th percentile)
The name Jamye is the #6,892 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 847 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 10.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,881 (14.6% percentile) for all time with 835 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,574 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 12 births since 1969.
Jamye first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Jamye is available in 59 out of the 66 years between 1947 and 2012 (59 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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 Jamye has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Jamye reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #726) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2012.
For boys, Jamye reached its peak popularity in 1988, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #724) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1988, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1988.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jamye".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jamye. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.4% confident that Jamye is pronounced as JAY-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JA-mee, at 21.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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