Jams

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒæmz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Jams is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 900K
  • FRFrance≈1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

312 people, 2020

Sources
119 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 900K (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jams counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jams is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States3121 in 1.1M303Jams119
NG Nigeria≈180 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Jams10
PH Philippines≈80 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Jams14
IT Italy≈69 est.≈1 in 900K—Jams4
FR France≈64 est.≈1 in 1.1M45—3
GB United Kingdom≈57 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Jams44
MY Malaysia≈30 est.≈1 in 1.1M—Jams8

312 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jams is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Jam'S, Jãm'S, Jâm'S

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jâms

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Jams is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, Viņš

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Jams
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020303#28,678
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197810—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20209#28,678
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19879—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19679—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19858—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19588—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19707—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19687—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19647—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19627—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19617—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Jams?
A machine transcription gives /dʒæmz/ (IPA) for English.
Is Jams a male or female name?
Jams is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Jams have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 312 people named Jams, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jams.
How common is the name Jams?
In the United States, the national register counted 312 people named Jams in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jams”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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