Jamie

Where Jamie comes from

Clipping of James + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jamie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #1,024 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Jamie Lee Curtis born
    American actress and author
  3. 1967
    Jamie Foxx born
    American actor, comedian, and singer
  4. 1977
    Peak, #18
    12,895 babies named Jamie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #60.
  6. 2021
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.
  • A female given name from Hebrew derived from James, of modern American usage.
  • Alternative form of Jaime.
Namesakes
  • Jamie Foxx · American actor, comedian, and singer, born 1967
  • Jamie Lee Curtis · American actress and author, born 1958
  • Jamie Vardy · English association football player, born 1987
  • Jamie Carragher · English associiation football player and sportcaster, born 1978
  • Jamie Oliver · British chef and media personality, born 1975

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.