Jaymes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JAYMZ
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Jaymes is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Jaymes mean?
Hebrew: respelling of James, from Jacob
“supplanter”
A respelling of James, which developed from the Late Latin Iacomus, a form of Jacob.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Jaymes a girl's or a boy's name?
Jaymes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jaymes in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jaymes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jaymes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Jaymes in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jaymes, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 144 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
2025 had fewer boys named Jaymes than any year since 1984.
Half of all the boys named Jaymes in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,966 boys in the US were given Jaymes or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #9, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 13% of the babies named Jaymes in the US in 2001, and 35% in 2024.
Jaymes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 32 | #3,493 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,005 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 42 | #2,808 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,068 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 53 | #2,404 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,164 |
| 2006 | 43 | #2,697 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,202 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 45 | #2,345 |
| 2002 | 40 | #2,466 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 48 | #1,905 |
| 1996 | 49 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 59 | #1,572 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 63 | #1,467 |
| 1992 | 63 | #1,447 |
| 1991 | 112 | #1,011 |
| 1990 | 84 | #1,183 |
| 1989 | 81 | #1,180 |
| 1988 | 103 | #949 |
| 1987 | 124 | #835 |
| 1986 | 144 | #754 |
| 1985 | 113 | #845 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,075 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
Nicknames for Jaymes
Names like Jaymes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jacob, Jude, Joshua, Jake, Ethan, Jonah, Caleb, Noah, Zachary, Lucas, Myles, Adam
Other spellings of Jaymes
Names related to Jaymes
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana, Joseph
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jaymes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jaymes, updated 20 October 2026.