Unisex name ★ peaked 1976

Jaime

Meaning A unisex given name Gender Unisex · 41% girls Rank 2025 #657 Trend → Stable

A unisex given name. A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.

Rank 2025
#657
among boys · ↓48 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
455
named Jaime · -9% vs 2024
How common
1 in 4,067
boys born in 2025
Peak year
1976
9,240 babies
All-time total
121,558
#397 all-time among boys
First recorded
1916
in Social Security records

Jaime popularity over time

121,558 babies have been named Jaime since 1916, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
1.883.755.637.518801900192019401960198020002020BoysGirls
BoysGirls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 31 31 3 – #2,784
1920s – 185 185 19 +497% #1,149
1930s 5 332 337 34 +82% #1,021
1940s 75 768 843 84 +150% #566
1950s 597 3,505 4,102 410 +387% #309
1960s 1,280 7,012 8,292 829 +102% #254
1970s 22,774 11,811 34,585 3,459 +317% #168
1980s 16,212 12,853 29,065 2,907 -16% #167
1990s 5,874 13,570 19,444 1,944 -33% #208
2000s 2,247 12,049 14,296 1,430 -26% #250
2010s 736 6,563 7,299 730 -49% #363
2020s (to 2025) 267 2,812 3,079 513 -30% #561

Where Jaime is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 413 0.24 outside top 500
2027 406 0.24 outside top 500
2028 401 0.23 outside top 500
2029 397 0.23 outside top 500
2030 393 0.23 outside top 500

Where Jaime is most popular

Boys named Jaime per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.268 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Texas, and California.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Jaime born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Mexico 26 0.789 +195%
Texas 554 0.629 +135%
California 537 0.587 +119%
Arizona 95 0.581 +117%
Nevada 24 0.421 +57%
Kansas 25 0.364 +36%
Illinois 83 0.325 +21%
Washington 52 0.318 +19%
Florida 141 0.298 +11%
Nebraska 11 0.253 -6%
North Carolina 59 0.231 -14%
New Jersey 46 0.228 -15%
Maryland 26 0.218 -19%
Oklahoma 19 0.215 -20%
Georgia 53 0.209 -22%
Colorado 24 0.186 -31%
New York 80 0.185 -31%
Connecticut 11 0.162 -39%
Oregon 12 0.158 -41%
Tennessee 27 0.150 -44%
Indiana 22 0.137 -49%
Idaho 5 0.122 -54%
Kentucky 12 0.120 -55%
Arkansas 7 0.111 -59%
Virginia 17 0.090 -67%
Missouri 12 0.087 -68%
Utah 8 0.084 -69%
Alabama 9 0.082 -69%
Minnesota 10 0.082 -70%
Iowa 5 0.073 -73%
Michigan 11 0.054 -80%
Wisconsin 6 0.051 -81%
South Carolina 5 0.048 -82%
Pennsylvania 11 0.041 -85%
Ohio 6 0.023 -92%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Jaime

Jaime is uncommon for boys in the United States, ranked #657 in 2025 with 420 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1916, 121,558 American babies have been named Jaime, about 59% boys and 41% girls, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 1976, when 9,240 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1970s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Jaime stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Jaime?

The median living Jaime is about 41 years old; half are between 28 and 48. An estimated 115 thousand people named Jaime are alive in the United States today.

median 41 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Jaime year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 35 #4,107 420 #657
2024 30 #4,608 468 #609
2023 47 #3,399 492 #584
2022 44 #3,562 480 #593
2021 58 #2,903 453 #615
2020 53 #3,040 499 #561
2019 48 #3,300 521 #542
2018 76 #2,395 550 #516
2017 61 #2,797 608 #481
2016 58 #2,919 657 #465
2015 69 #2,599 609 #485
2014 75 #2,429 618 #471
2013 90 #2,115 688 #425
2012 83 #2,269 733 #398
2011 91 #2,107 765 #381
2010 85 #2,264 814 #363
2009 136 #1,647 963 #331
2008 125 #1,766 1,043 #320
2007 182 #1,337 1,227 #280
2006 207 #1,176 1,241 #279
2005 197 #1,170 1,256 #263
2004 255 #943 1,194 #273
2003 265 #898 1,262 #262
2002 270 #854 1,263 #258
2001 296 #797 1,338 #250
2000 314 #738 1,262 #262
1995 603 #430 1,299 #227
1990 883 #310 1,436 #215
1985 1,558 #175 1,184 #205
1980 2,647 #116 1,462 #167
1975 914 #263 1,274 #179
1970 220 #706 937 #249
1965 111 #985 679 #289
1960 96 #1,100 639 #310
1955 57 #1,341 376 #372
1950 28 #1,806 155 #545
1945 5 #4,858 77 #694
1940 – – 37 #1,079
1935 – – 29 #1,262
1930 – – 43 #1,061
1925 – – 13 #2,367
1920 – – 14 #2,279
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Jaime

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Jaime Pressly Jaime Pressly American actress and model (born 1977) Contemporary
  2. 2 Jaime King Jaime King American actress and model (born 1979) Contemporary
  3. 3 Jaime Ray Newman Jaime Ray Newman American actress, producer, and singer b. 1978 · Contemporary
  4. 4 Jaime Murray Jaime Murray English actress (born 1976) Contemporary
  5. 5 Jaime Bergman Jaime Bergman American model and actress b. 1975 · Contemporary
  6. 6 Jaime Camil Jaime Camil Mexican actor, singer and media personality (born 1973) Contemporary
  7. 7 Jaime Lorente Jaime Lorente Spanish actor b. 1991 · Contemporary
  8. 8 Jaime Paz Zamora Jaime Paz Zamora President of Bolivia from 1989 to 1993 b. 1939 · Contemporary
  9. 9 Jaime Sin Jaime Sin Filipino Catholic prelate (1928–2005) Contemporary
  10. 10 Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari Spanish racing driver (born 1990) Contemporary
  11. 11 Jaime Roldós Aguilera Jaime Roldós Aguilera 33rd President of Ecuador (1979–1981) 1940–1981 · Contemporary
  12. 12 Jaime Bayly Jaime Bayly Television personality from Peru b. 1965 · Contemporary
  13. 13 Jaime Lusinchi Jaime Lusinchi President of Venezuela from 1984 to 1989 1924–2014 · Contemporary
  14. 14 Jaime de Marichalar Jaime de Marichalar Spanish noble (born 1963) Contemporary
  15. 15 Jaime Rodríguez Salvadoran footballer (1959–2025) Contemporary
  16. 16 Jaime Lerner Jaime Lerner Brazilian politician (1937–2021) Contemporary
  17. 17 Jaime Mata Jaime Mata Spanish footballer b. 1988 · Contemporary
  18. 18 Jaime Graça Jaime Graça Portuguese footballer and coach 1942–2012 · Contemporary
  19. 19 Jaime Espinal Jaime Espinal Puerto Rican freestyle wrestler b. 1984 · Contemporary
  20. 20 Jaime Torres Bodet Jaime Torres Bodet Mexican politician and writer (1902–1974) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Jaime, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Jaime?

The median living Jaime is about 41 years old. Half of all living Jaimes are between 28 and 48 years old.

How many people named Jaime are alive today?

An estimated 115 thousand people named Jaime are alive in the United States, based on 121,558 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Jaime mean?

A unisex given name. A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.

How popular is the name Jaime in 2025?

Jaime ranked #657 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 420 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Jaime?

121,558 babies have been named Jaime in the United States since 1916, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Jaime most popular?

Jaime peaked in 1976, when 9,240 newborns received the name.

Is Jaime a boy or girl name?

Jaime is used for both: about 41% of babies named Jaime have been girls and 59% boys.

Is the name Jaime rising or falling?

Jaime is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Jaime become more popular?

Jaime is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 393 boys named Jaime in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Jaime?

Well-known people named Jaime include Jaime Pressly (actor), Jaime King (actor), Jaime Ray Newman (actor).

Names like Jaime

Names that sound and feel close to Jaime: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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