Jamie
- Pronunciation
- [Ja-mie]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Pet Form Of James Used As A Woman's Name.
- Origin
- Scottish
About the Name Jamie
Jamie is the Scottish short form of James (see separate entry on James for the Hebrew Yaaqov etymology — meaning "supplanter" or "one who follows," the same Hebrew root as Jacob). Jamie has been used as a casual diminutive of James in Scottish and English-speaking countries since at least the 17th century, transitioning from nickname to standalone first name in 20th-century American naming. The name has been used for both genders, but is now used predominantly for girls in modern American naming.
Notable bearers include American actress Jamie Lee Curtis (born 1958, the iconic American Oscar-winning actress whose career through Halloween 1978, True Lies 1994, and Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022 — for which she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar — made her one of the foundational figures of late-20th and early-21st-century American film); American actress Jamie Lynn Spears (born 1991, the American actress and younger sister of Britney Spears); American actor Jamie Foxx (born 1967, the iconic American Oscar-winning actor of Ray 2004); and the iconic Scottish singer Jamie Oliver.
Jamie held a US top-100 girls' rank from 1976 through 2000 — about a quarter century of consistent American popularity. The name has receded since but remains in steady use, currently sitting in the US top 300 girls' rank. The name's appeal is its compact warm classical-American register — two short syllables, soft consonants, instantly readable, and the in-built James-classical biblical pedigree. The strong Jamie Lee Curtis American cultural anchor and Jamie Foxx contemporary anchor maintain the name's relevance. The name reads as both classical-Scottish and contemporary American. Common nicknames are scarce since Jamie is itself a nickname-shape — Jay (back-end shortening, a popular standalone name on its own) and the rare Jay-Jay each occasionally appear; the longer formal James, Jacob, or Jameson are sometimes used as Jamie's official-document version. International forms include the broader James/Jacob/Yaaqov family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Jamie
US Popularity History (1971–2025)
Annual US births named Jamie by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1977 with 12,895 girls named Jamie (girl rank #18 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #858 for girls (316 US births). That's 840 places below its 1977 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 Jamie Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 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 Jamie the strongest states are Nevada, Connecticut, Mississippi.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nevada | #443 | 34 |
| 2 | Connecticut | #464 | 20 |
| 3 | Mississippi | #494 | 38 |
| 4 | California | #541 | 634 |
| 5 | Alabama | #549 | 56 |
| 6 | Iowa | #564 | 17 |
| 7 | New York | #571 | 285 |
| 8 | Utah | #572 | 58 |
| 9 | Oregon | #572 | 20 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #576 | 134 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio | #797 | 98 |
| 2 | Colorado | #796 | 41 |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | #764 | 118 |
| 4 | Indiana | #762 | 60 |
| 5 | Minnesota | #761 | 48 |
| 6 | Georgia | #739 | 124 |
| 7 | Illinois | #736 | 103 |
| 8 | North Carolina | #721 | 121 |
| 9 | Louisiana | #708 | 56 |
| 10 | Texas | #707 | 408 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Jamie 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 |
Famous People Named Jamie
3 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Jamie.
- Jamie Dwyer is a famous Australian field hockey player.
- Jamie Foxx — Movie Actor (1967)
- Jamie Oliver — Chef (1975)
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Compare Jamie to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Jamie against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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