How Many People Are Named Jamey?
people named Jamey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 38,124 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,808 babies named Jamey in Social Security records from 1944 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
576 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JAMES.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jamey in English. Counting Jamey and these spellings together, about 344,154 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jamey, 32% were girls and 68% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Jamey fell from 44.3% in the 1950s to 25.2% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 55.6%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jamey alive today is about 45 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jamey first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 1976, to 576 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jamey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #369, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #4,312. Among girls, its best rank was #904, in 1976.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,312 | #12,443 |
| Best rank | #369 (1976) | #904 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #435 in the 1970s | #1,300 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jamey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jamey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 469 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jamey was given 2.6 times as often in Alabama, 2.6 times in Georgia and 2.2 times in Iowa.
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