Jaime
- Pronunciation
- [Jaime]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Jaime
As a feminine given name in the United States, Jaime functions as a pet form or variant of James adopted into women's use — a practice that gained traction in the second half of the 20th century as parents sought names that felt fresh and slightly unconventional. The spelling Jaime visually draws on the Spanish form of James (itself from the Late Latin Jacomus, derived from Jacobus and ultimately from Hebrew Ya'akov, meaning "supplanter"), giving the name a cross-cultural texture even when used in English-speaking contexts. As a feminine name, it carries no independent ancient etymology separate from its masculine parent.
The most prominent figure in the naming record is Jaime Escalante, born December 31, 1930, in La Paz, Bolivia, into a family of Aymara schoolteachers. He studied at the Normal Superior in La Paz and taught mathematics and physics in Bolivian schools before eventually building his celebrated career as an educator in the United States.
Jaime first entered the US Social Security top-1000 as a feminine name in 1976, immediately peaking in that debut year at rank #29 — an unusually strong entrance suggesting the name had been building recognition before formal SSA tracking registered it. Its top-1000 births as a feminine name total just over 22,000 across the tracked run, a relatively compact figure reflecting a name with a defined generational moment. It left the top-1000 after 2004, when it sat at #943. The spelling variants tracked include Jamee, James, Jamey, Jamie, Jayme, and Jaymee.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jaime
US Popularity History (1976–2025)
Annual US births named Jaime by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1976 with 7,838 girls named Jaime (girl rank #29 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2004, ranked #943 for girls (255 US births). That's 914 places below its 1976 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Jaime Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2004–2013 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Jaime the strongest states are Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connecticut | #460 | 20 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #566 | 55 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #633 | 35 |
| 4 | New York | #758 | 113 |
| 5 | Maryland | #839 | 24 |
| 6 | Ohio | #912 | 27 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | #912 | 27 |
| 2 | Maryland | #839 | 24 |
| 3 | New York | #758 | 113 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #633 | 35 |
| 5 | New Jersey | #566 | 55 |
| 6 | Connecticut | #460 | 20 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2004–2013. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jaime in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamee | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| James | Replace | Male | English |
| Jamey | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| Jamie | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
| Jayme | Variant Of Jacob Supplanter. | Male | English |
| Jaymee | Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name. | Female | Scottish |
Famous People Named Jaime
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Jaime.
- Jaime Escalante was a celebrated Bolivian teacher and one of the most famous educators in America during 1980s and 1990s.
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Compare Jaime to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jaime against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).