Is Jayme a boy or girl name?

Jayme is primarily a unisex name in U.S. records: about 78% of recorded births are female.

What is the average age of someone named Jayme?

The average Jayme alive today is an estimated 40 years old. People named Jayme were most often born around 1985.

When was the name Jayme most popular?

Jayme peaked in 1985 with 696 recorded births in the United States.

What vibe does the name Jayme have?

In one report's words: informal, eighties, phonetic. Jayme ranks #1986 among all U.S. first names since 1880.

Jayme — Name Meaning, Age & Vibe | Understand Your Name

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Origin & Meaning

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A spelling variant of Jamie, itself a Scottish diminutive of James with roots in the Hebrew Ya'akov. American records first log the spelling in 1938, though it gathered momentum decades later as parents experimented with streamlined phonetic endings.

Also answers toJay, Jay-Jay

Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1938–2025

SSA Data

1938 peak: 696 souls, A.D. 1985 2025

2025: 28 born, falling ↘

Estimated Age

40 yrs

Most Jaymes were born around 1985 — old enough to remember dial-up.

Peak Reign

1985

№382 that year

Generation

Millennial, 43%

then Gen X 27% · Gen Z 18%

Rarity

Top 2000 all-time

≈18K ever born · now falling

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Jayme grew up with

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Blockbuster Friday nights·dial-up internet·Tamagotchis

Generation Distribution — Living Jaymes

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Boomer 8%Gen X 27%Millennial 43%Gen Z 18%Gen Alpha 5%

Data vs. Humans

What the data says

SSA Data

SSA: Jayme peaked in 1985.

Estimated average age: 40.

What people think

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Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates

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Vintage Modern

Formal Casual

Soft Strong

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First Impressions

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The name lands squarely in the mid-1980s, carrying the upbeat tone of a decade dominated by synth-pop and mall culture. It belongs to someone who routinely spells their name aloud before handing over an ID. Today the average bearer is around forty years old and comfortably settled into mid-career routines. It remains a casual name that spends half its life being corrected from the standard spelling.

Field Notes

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Field Note 01

The spelling reached its high-water mark in 1985 with nearly seven hundred registrations in a single year.

Field Note 02

While seventy-eight percent of bearers are female, roughly one in five represents the male tradition of the name.

Field Note 03

Over forty percent of living holders belong to the Millennial generation, having entered grade school during the peak of neon outerwear.

Notable Jaymes

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Jayme Lawsonactress, b. 1997

Adjacent Names

Jami · Krystle · Brandi · Staci · Randi · Cory

Ephemera — If Jayme were a…

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City

Tempe

Color

Seafoam green

Object

Clear acrylic telephone

Job

School counselor

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