Jayme
A spelling of Jaime, the Spanish and Portuguese form of James, which goes back through Latin Iacobus to Hebrew Yaaqov.
Jayme in 2025
Jayme was given to 28 babies in the United States in 2025 — 14 boys and 14 girls, making it the 8,340th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 118,405 babies born.
The history of Jayme
Jayme reached its highest point in 1985, when 696 babies were given the name, ranking 638th that year.
Across the 88 years of records since 1938, 17,968 babies have been named Jayme. Half of them were born before 1985, which places the name's centre of gravity with Millennials.
Jayme by decade
| Decade | Babies named Jayme | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | 7,482 |
| 1940s | 119 | 3,237 |
| 1950s | 793 | 1,534 |
| 1960s | 1,378 | 1,354 |
| 1970s | 3,583 | 651 |
| 1980s | 5,519 | 638 |
| 1990s | 3,421 | 957 |
| 2000s | 1,979 | 1,683 |
| 2010s | 894 | 2,840 |
| 2020s | 277 | 5,058 |
Where Jayme is heading
Jayme has fallen 64% over the past decade, from 78 babies in 2015 to 28 in 2025.
That is less than 5% of its 1985 peak — Jayme is now a rare name in the United States.
Names like Jayme
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Jayme.