Jaime

Where Jaime comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jaime.

  • Spanish
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Jaime through the years
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #3,177 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1959
    Jaime Rodríguez Jiménez born
    Salvadoran footballer
  3. 1977
    Jaime Pressly born
    American actress, model, and producer
  4. 1980
    Peak, #167
    1,462 babies named Jaime, the most in any year.
  5. 1987
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  6. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #425.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.
  • A female given name, variant of Jamie.
  • Alternative form of Jamie.
Namesakes
  • Jaime Rodríguez Jiménez · Salvadoran footballer, 1959–2025
  • Jaime Pressly · American actress, model, and producer, born 1977
  • Jaime Alguersuari · Spanish racing driver, born 1990
  • Jaime Penedo · Panamanian footballer, born 1981
  • Jaime King · American actress and model, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.