Jamie
Boy · JAY-mee · Hebrew
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Jamie is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 201st for boys in the UK (280 babies) and 577th for boys in the US (508 babies).
What does Jamie mean?
Hebrew: Scottish pet form of James
“heel-holder, supplanter”
Originally a Scottish pet form of James, now given to both boys and girls.
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Is Jamie a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 280 boys in the UK and 316 girls and 508 boys in the US.
How popular is Jamie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #201among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 280about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 280 boys in the UK were named Jamie, making it the 201st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 124th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 3,157 boys. 20 girls were also named Jamie in 2025 (1,570th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 16 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Jamie since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Jamie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 245th in England and Wales, 75th in Scotland and 120th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1974 (#45), 1984 (#30), 1994 (#26), 2004 (#33) and 2014 (#88).
Jamie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 280 | #201 |
| 2024 | 297 | #191 |
| 2023 | 310 | #186 |
| 2022 | 411 | #149 |
| 2021 | 503 | #131 |
| 2020 | 511 | #124 |
| 2019 | 637 | #109 |
| 2018 | 656 | #107 |
| 2017 | 752 | #99 |
| 2016 | 860 | #92 |
| 2015 | 950 | #82 |
| 2014 | 1,046 | #73 |
| 2013 | 1,232 | #57 |
| 2012 | 1,438 | #54 |
| 2011 | 1,875 | #45 |
| 2010 | 2,049 | #43 |
| 2009 | 2,076 | #42 |
| 2008 | 2,029 | #44 |
| 2007 | 2,352 | #30 |
| 2006 | 2,652 | #27 |
| 2005 | 2,833 | #28 |
| 2004 | 3,033 | #29 |
| 2003 | 2,883 | #31 |
| 2002 | 2,811 | #29 |
| 2001 | 3,147 | #27 |
| 2000 | 3,126 | #26 |
| 1999 | 3,068 | #28 |
| 1998 | 2,964 | #30 |
| 1997 | 3,157 | #29 |
| 1996 | 3,118 | #28 |
How popular is Jamie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #577among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 508about 1 in 3,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 508 boys in the US were named Jamie, making it the 577th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 714th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 4,621 boys. It first appears in the records in 1896. 316 girls were also named Jamie in 2025 (857th for girls).
2025 had more boys named Jamie than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Jamie in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 966 boys in the US were given Jamie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #349, up from #577 for this spelling alone.
In 1905, 72% of the babies named Jamie in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 38%, with more boys than girls since 2021.
Jamie in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 508 | #577 |
| 2024 | 455 | #622 |
| 2023 | 473 | #600 |
| 2022 | 449 | #623 |
| 2021 | 443 | #624 |
| 2020 | 351 | #714 |
| 2019 | 326 | #739 |
| 2018 | 332 | #721 |
| 2017 | 306 | #767 |
| 2016 | 281 | #816 |
| 2015 | 279 | #812 |
| 2014 | 296 | #780 |
| 2013 | 296 | #762 |
| 2012 | 254 | #843 |
| 2011 | 278 | #796 |
| 2010 | 342 | #686 |
| 2009 | 367 | #668 |
| 2008 | 365 | #664 |
| 2007 | 362 | #662 |
| 2006 | 422 | #582 |
| 2005 | 435 | #550 |
| 2004 | 442 | #534 |
| 2003 | 412 | #546 |
| 2002 | 426 | #529 |
| 2001 | 463 | #496 |
| 2000 | 455 | #502 |
| 1999 | 519 | #444 |
| 1998 | 607 | #403 |
| 1997 | 656 | #373 |
| 1996 | 686 | #354 |
| 1995 | 791 | #328 |
| 1994 | 954 | #284 |
| 1993 | 1,111 | #259 |
| 1992 | 1,159 | #249 |
| 1991 | 1,286 | #232 |
| 1990 | 1,321 | #227 |
| 1989 | 1,474 | #197 |
| 1988 | 1,470 | #188 |
| 1987 | 1,541 | #178 |
| 1986 | 1,468 | #182 |
| 1985 | 1,630 | #167 |
| 1984 | 1,764 | #154 |
| 1983 | 1,773 | #153 |
| 1982 | 2,091 | #131 |
| 1981 | 2,356 | #118 |
| 1980 | 2,845 | #105 |
| 1979 | 3,240 | #88 |
| 1978 | 2,864 | #95 |
| 1977 | 3,447 | #82 |
| 1976 | 4,621 | #62 |
| 1975 | 4,573 | #62 |
| 1974 | 4,086 | #68 |
| 1973 | 3,913 | #70 |
| 1972 | 3,680 | #72 |
| 1971 | 3,231 | #96 |
| 1970 | 2,641 | #125 |
| 1969 | 1,568 | #179 |
| 1968 | 1,223 | #193 |
| 1967 | 1,031 | #217 |
| 1966 | 961 | #225 |
| 1965 | 944 | #242 |
| 1964 | 1,115 | #225 |
| 1963 | 897 | #255 |
| 1962 | 820 | #266 |
| 1961 | 733 | #285 |
| 1960 | 738 | #289 |
| 1959 | 774 | #284 |
| 1958 | 644 | #296 |
| 1957 | 442 | #363 |
| 1956 | 288 | #443 |
| 1955 | 259 | #459 |
| 1954 | 253 | #455 |
| 1953 | 204 | #491 |
| 1952 | 137 | #602 |
| 1951 | 87 | #744 |
| 1950 | 87 | #735 |
| 1949 | 98 | #688 |
| 1948 | 103 | #665 |
| 1947 | 79 | #770 |
| 1946 | 64 | #819 |
| 1945 | 80 | #671 |
| 1944 | 64 | #782 |
| 1943 | 78 | #732 |
| 1942 | 56 | #876 |
| 1941 | 43 | #971 |
| 1940 | 42 | #994 |
| 1939 | 42 | #976 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 49 | #873 |
| 1935 | 55 | #844 |
| 1934 | 44 | #956 |
| 1933 | 45 | #937 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,004 |
| 1931 | 45 | #983 |
| 1930 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,078 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,057 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,145 |
| 1926 | 53 | #931 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 35 | #1,223 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,101 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,107 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,348 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,139 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,172 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,291 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,082 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 1913 | 20 | #1,146 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 12 | #981 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 6 | #981 |
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