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Jaimy

Gender
Girl
Say it
JAY-mee
Origin
Hebrew

Jaimy is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Jaimy mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Jaimie, itself a spelling of Jamie, a Scottish pet form of James

“supplanter; holder of the heel”

Meaning borrowed from Jaimie.

Is Jaimy a girl's or a boy's name?

Jaimy is a girls' name.

How popular is Jaimy in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1976, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.

Half of all the girls named Jaimy in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1963Busiest: 21 in 19762014
Jaimy in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20148#11,925
20136#14,577
20128#12,193
201110#10,370
20108#12,270
200916#7,676
200819#6,796
200714#8,516
200614#8,234
200516#7,133
200416#7,072
20036#13,837
200212#8,274
200113#7,717
20000–
19998#10,338
19989#9,254
19976#12,065
199614#6,387
19950–
199410#8,116
19935#13,435
19927#10,471
199113#6,582
19907#10,187
19890–
19880–
19879#7,348
198610#6,609
19856#9,304
19847#8,149
19830–
19826#9,235
19815#10,409
198014#4,977
19799#6,694
197817#4,079
197715#4,424
197621#3,286
19757#7,171
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19705#7,994
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19635#6,591

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jaimy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaimy, updated 20 October 2026.