Jammie
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- JAM-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jammie is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter; holder of the heel”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jammie mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Jamie, a pet form of James
“supplanter; holder of the heel”
Is Jammie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jammie has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Jammie in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1977, with 262 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Jammie in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2001, 43% of the babies named Jammie in the US were girls.
Jammie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 46 | #2,634 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 61 | #2,157 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 82 | #1,663 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,464 |
| 1987 | 77 | #1,608 |
| 1986 | 94 | #1,367 |
| 1985 | 132 | #1,096 |
| 1984 | 111 | #1,184 |
| 1983 | 120 | #1,120 |
| 1982 | 139 | #1,041 |
| 1981 | 158 | #940 |
| 1980 | 198 | #812 |
| 1979 | 199 | #794 |
| 1978 | 213 | #734 |
| 1977 | 262 | #636 |
| 1976 | 251 | #622 |
| 1975 | 99 | #1,162 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,473 |
| 1973 | 82 | #1,266 |
| 1972 | 67 | #1,448 |
| 1971 | 87 | #1,266 |
| 1970 | 95 | #1,196 |
| 1969 | 81 | #1,242 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,575 |
| 1967 | 68 | #1,324 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 |
| 1965 | 58 | #1,448 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,635 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,714 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,707 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,950 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,590 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Names related to Jammie
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Jammie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jammie, updated 20 October 2026.