Jami
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to girls 95.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 1,041 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,473since 1946
Jami over time
Rank among girls' names. Jami has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,713 | 18 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #4,013 | 38 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #2,631 | 68 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #2,204 | 83 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #2,260 | 75 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #1,805 | 99 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #1,476 | 127 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #1,305 | 146 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #1,309 | 138 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #1,195 | 155 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #953 | 207 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #936 | 207 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #902 | 210 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #858 | 229 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #704 | 304 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1992 | #633 | 356 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #521 | 446 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #520 | 458 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #512 | 457 | #4,527 | 11 |
| 1988 | #464 | 486 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #426 | 524 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #419 | 524 | #3,131 | 15 |
| 1985 | #340 | 690 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #367 | 623 | #2,613 | 18 |
| 1983 | #315 | 737 | #2,676 | 17 |
| 1982 | #319 | 757 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #300 | 803 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #275 | 906 | #2,058 | 26 |
| 1979 | #264 | 921 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #257 | 917 | #1,965 | 25 |
| 1977 | #239 | 1,041 | #1,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #241 | 980 | #1,390 | 41 |
| 1975 | #356 | 603 | #1,407 | 39 |
| 1974 | #434 | 446 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #409 | 486 | #1,253 | 43 |
| 1972 | #409 | 482 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #402 | 533 | #1,560 | 31 |
| 1970 | #413 | 549 | #1,396 | 36 |
| 1969 | #410 | 537 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #471 | 417 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #506 | 351 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #528 | 320 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #527 | 327 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #588 | 283 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #612 | 270 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #563 | 305 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #647 | 249 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #620 | 263 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #719 | 194 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #766 | 170 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #865 | 138 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #956 | 111 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #1,285 | 59 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Jami! It came in at #2,880, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2025, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Jami is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#455 · 1 in 2,812
- Alabama#480 · 1 in 2,978
- Kentucky#556 · 1 in 4,078
- Louisiana#616 · 1 in 3,642
- Colorado#653 · 1 in 3,710
Best ever in a state: #51 in Montana, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #455 | 5 | 1 in 2,812 |
| Alabama | #480 | 7 | 1 in 2,978 |
| Kentucky | #556 | 5 | 1 in 4,078 |
| Louisiana | #616 | 6 | 1 in 3,642 |
| Colorado | #653 | 6 | 1 in 3,710 |
| North Carolina | #669 | 9 | 1 in 4,677 |
| Indiana | #740 | 6 | 1 in 5,513 |
| Florida | #888 | 11 | 1 in 6,753 |
| Georgia | #992 | 6 | 1 in 7,423 |
| Ohio | #1,060 | 6 | 1 in 10,270 |
| Texas | #1,259 | 13 | 1 in 11,034 |
| Illinois | #1,288 | 6 | 1 in 11,736 |
| New York | #1,725 | 6 | 1 in 16,787 |
| California | #2,478 | 7 | 1 in 31,574 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Jami
- 3,652 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #13,208)
- 2,958 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #13,208)
- 7,920 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 1956 (#1,167 → #956)
- Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1998 (#953 → #1,195)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 1977 at #239 (1,041 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1956–1997
- Highest: 1 in 1,473 girls born in 1977 were named Jami (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 32.4% of all girls named Jami (6,958) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 44 | #2,769 (1947) | #3,223 |
| 1950s | 844 | #719 (1959) | #1,502 |
| 1960s | 3,322 | #410 (1969) | #547 |
| 1970s | 6,958 | #239 (1977) | #342 |
| 1980s | 6,507 | #275 (1980) | #374 |
| 1990s | 2,710 | #520 (1990) | #853 |
| 2000s | 844 | #1,305 (2000) | #2,384 |
| 2010s | 191 | #4,494 (2010) | #6,887 |
| 2020s | 53 | #9,556 (2024) | #10,550 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Jami in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 11,400 of them was named Jami, which outranked 92.8% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,190Breeanna156
- #1,190Mykayla156
- #1,190Tiarra156
- #1,195Jami155
- #1,195Astrid155
- #1,195Cherish155
- #1,195Darcy155
- #1,202Christin154
- #1,202Jalisa154
- #1,202Priya154
Tied with 6 names at #1,195; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 238,921 of them was named Jami, which outranked 39.5% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,314Zoltan9
- #6,314Zyair9
- #6,314Zyshawn9
- #6,843Jami8
- #6,843Aadam8
- #6,843Aaran8
- #6,843Abelino8
- #7,560Aaditya7
- #7,560Abayomi7
- #7,560Abdon7
Tied with 716 names at #6,843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.