Jame
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAYM
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jame is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jame mean?
Hebrew: probably a form of James or Jaime
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
Is Jame a girl's or a boy's name?
Jame is a boys' name.
How popular is Jame in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1957, with 87 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the boys named Jame in the US since 1880 were born between 1941 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 6% of the babies named Jame in the US in 1957, and 27% in 1989.
Jame in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 34 | #1,861 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 22 | #2,356 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 43 | #1,322 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,050 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 65 | #1,005 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,000 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,147 |
| 1967 | 57 | #955 |
| 1966 | 66 | #888 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,094 |
| 1964 | 67 | #929 |
| 1963 | 67 | #910 |
| 1962 | 73 | #890 |
| 1961 | 73 | #895 |
| 1960 | 68 | #915 |
| 1959 | 67 | #938 |
| 1958 | 73 | #882 |
| 1957 | 87 | #802 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 |
| 1955 | 66 | #914 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 59 | #931 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 69 | #842 |
| 1950 | 50 | #976 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1948 | 57 | #909 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,092 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,093 |
| 1945 | 43 | #971 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,038 |
| 1943 | 61 | #846 |
| 1942 | 54 | #900 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 60 | #802 |
| 1939 | 36 | #1,070 |
| 1938 | 48 | #912 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,031 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,007 |
| 1933 | 44 | #946 |
| 1932 | 32 | #1,198 |
| 1931 | 35 | #1,145 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,173 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,173 |
| 1928 | 36 | #1,188 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1926 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 25 | #1,532 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,695 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,503 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,072 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,593 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,009 |
Names like Jame
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Jame
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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, “Jame: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jame, updated 20 October 2026.