girls:
14k births since 1938
#1303 (77th percentile)
boys:
3.9k births since 1945
#1992 (57th percentile)
overall:
17.9k births since 1938
#1924 (75th percentile)
The name Jayme is the #1,924 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,897 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 75.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,303 (77.2% percentile) for all time with 14,033 births since 1938. For boys, it ranks #1,992 (56.5% percentile) for all time with 3,864 births since 1945.
Jayme first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for girls and 1945 for boys). Birth data for Jayme is available in 83 out of the 86 years between 1938 and 2023 (83 years for girls and 76 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 Jayme has been given predominantly to girls, with 78.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 47.7% of babies named Jayme were girls.
For girls, Jayme reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 56.1% percentile (ranked #352) with 323 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 323 births per million (ranked 56.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 1985, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Jayme ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 3.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Jayme reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 18.2% percentile (ranked #537) with 77 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 77 births per million (ranked 18.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Jayme ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 16.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jayme".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Jayme. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 61.9% confident that Jayme is pronounced as JAY-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jaym, at 38.1% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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