Jami
Girl · JAY-mee · Hebrew
Jami is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Jami mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jamie, a pet form of James
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
- Say it
- JAY-mee
Is Jami a girl's or a boy's name?
Jami is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jami in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.
Jami in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Jami in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Jami, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 1,041 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had the fewest girls named Jami since it first appeared, in 1946.
Half of all the girls named Jami in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 526 girls in the US were given Jami or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #567, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 91% of the babies named Jami in the US in 1955, and 64% in 2011.
Jami in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 83 | #2,203 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,941 |
| 2003 | 75 | #2,257 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,803 |
| 2001 | 127 | #1,475 |
| 2000 | 146 | #1,303 |
| 1999 | 138 | #1,307 |
| 1998 | 155 | #1,193 |
| 1997 | 207 | #952 |
| 1996 | 207 | #935 |
| 1995 | 210 | #899 |
| 1994 | 229 | #857 |
| 1993 | 304 | #704 |
| 1992 | 356 | #633 |
| 1991 | 446 | #521 |
| 1990 | 458 | #519 |
| 1989 | 457 | #512 |
| 1988 | 486 | #464 |
| 1987 | 524 | #426 |
| 1986 | 524 | #419 |
| 1985 | 690 | #340 |
| 1984 | 623 | #367 |
| 1983 | 737 | #315 |
| 1982 | 757 | #319 |
| 1981 | 803 | #300 |
| 1980 | 906 | #275 |
| 1979 | 921 | #264 |
| 1978 | 917 | #257 |
| 1977 | 1,041 | #239 |
| 1976 | 980 | #241 |
| 1975 | 603 | #356 |
| 1974 | 446 | #434 |
| 1973 | 486 | #409 |
| 1972 | 482 | #409 |
| 1971 | 533 | #402 |
| 1970 | 549 | #413 |
| 1969 | 537 | #410 |
| 1968 | 417 | #471 |
| 1967 | 351 | #506 |
| 1966 | 320 | #528 |
| 1965 | 327 | #527 |
| 1964 | 283 | #588 |
| 1963 | 270 | #612 |
| 1962 | 305 | #563 |
| 1961 | 249 | #647 |
| 1960 | 263 | #620 |
| 1959 | 194 | #719 |
| 1958 | 170 | #765 |
| 1957 | 138 | #864 |
| 1956 | 111 | #955 |
| 1955 | 73 | #1,166 |
| 1954 | 59 | #1,284 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 25 | #1,967 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,660 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
Names like Jami
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Jami
Jamie Yeimy Jaime Jeimy Yeimi Jaymie Jayme Jaymee Jamey Jaimee Jeymi
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