Jamie
Jamie is originally a Scottish diminutive of James, meaning "supplanter." While traditionally masculine, it became popular as a unisex name in the 1970s and has been widely embraced for girls, offering a friendly and approachable feel.
Current Popularity
Popularity over time
Dashed bar: 2026 (projected): 291. How this is calculated
Yearly values
- 2011: 715
- 2012: 719
- 2013: 610
- 2014: 635
- 2015: 639
- 2016: 629
- 2017: 498
- 2018: 489
- 2019: 534
- 2020: 396
- 2021: 414
- 2022: 397
- 2023: 360
- 2024: 392
- 2025: 316
- 2026 (projected): 291
Good to Know
- •Unisex name that works equally well for boys and girls
- •Easy to spell and pronounce across cultures
- •Has a warm, approachable quality that ages well
- •Can serve as both a full name and nickname for Jameson or James
- •Multiple spelling variations exist
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Jamie-Lynn Sigler
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Jamie Brewer
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Statistics
270,936
Total births since 1880
1977
Peak year
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