Jameis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAY-mis
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Jameis is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Jameis mean?
Hebrew: modern variant of James
“supplanter”
Made familiar by NFL quarterback Jameis Winston, winner of the 2013 Heisman Trophy.
Is Jameis a girl's or a boy's name?
Jameis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jameis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Jameis, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Jameis in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jameis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 41 | #2,845 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
Names like Jameis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Zamir, Izan, Salem, Asaiah, Azai, Khaza, Jahseh, Zayan, Zahir, Jasai, Jamir
Names related to Jameis
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Jameis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jameis, updated 20 October 2026.