Is Jaymes a boy or girl name?

Jaymes is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,567 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 5.3% were girls and 94.7% were boys.

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Jaymes

Recorded 1950–2025 · United States

Jaymes was most popular in 1986, when 144 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,747 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,567 people named Jaymes.

Jaymes over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jaymes’s peak in 1986. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jaymes a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jaymes is mostly a boy’s name — 5.3% of the 2,567 Americans given it were girls and 94.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 25% girls and 75% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Jaymes

Where Jaymes is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org