Jamie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Originally a pet form of James; chiefly associated with Scotland, now sometimes independent in Ireland
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Jamie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 580(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 720
- AUAustralia≈1 in 754
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jamie itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #378 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 618 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 580 (inferred from the name graph)
312,010 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Jaime in ES Spain, EC Ecuador and Jaimee in BR Brazil.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Originally a pet form of James; chiefly associated with Scotland, now sometimes independent in Ireland.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jamie 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #163 | 312,010 | 1 in 1.1K | 239K | Jamie | 618 |
| GB United Kingdom | #103 | ≈110,000 est. | ≈1 in 580 | 59 | Jamie | 379 |
| ES Spain | — | 95,004as Jaime | 1 in 526 | 96K | Jaime | 114 |
| BR Brazil | — | 65,865as Jaime | 1 in 3.2K | 82K | Jaimee | 6 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 63,698as Jaime | 1 in 265 | 64K | Jaime | 22 |
| AU Australia | #146 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 754 | 103 | Jamie | 302 |
| IE Ireland | #107 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 720 | 271 | Jamie | 142 |
312,010 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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INEC — civil registry names; CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Jamie is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
,2 Originally a male pet form of James and still so used, especially in Scotland and Northumberland. In North America it is now widely used as a girl’s name, a feminine equivalent of James. Variants: Jamey; Jamee, Jami (2) only.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In Swedish, Jamie är en engelsk smekform av → James (se även → Jakob). Det används, särskilt i USA, även som ett motsvarande kvinnonamn till James. Ett par kända namnbärare är den amerikanska skådespelerskan Jamie Lee Curtis (f. 1958) och den engelske tv-kocken Jamie (egentligen James) Oliver (f. 1975).
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In French, Forme anglaise de Jacques, du hébreu Ya‘aqov (« talon » ou « supplanteur »).
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
In French, Diminutif anglais de James, issu du latin Iacobus, hébreu Ya‘aqov.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Forme écossaise de James, emprunté à Jacques; d’origine hébraïque.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jamie Lee Curtisb. 1958USAmerican actress and author (born 1958)
- Jamie Foxxb. 1967USAmerican actor, comedian, and singer (born 1967)
- Jamie Oliverb. 1975GBBritish chef and media personality
- Jamie Carragherb. 1978GBEnglish associiation football player and sportcaster
- Jamie Dravenb. 1979GBBritish actor
- Jamie-Lynn Siglerb. 1981USAmerican actress (born 1981)
- Jamie Chungb. 1983USAmerican actress
- Jamie Bellb. 1986GBEnglish actor (born 1986)
- Jamie Campbell Bowerb. 1988GBBritish actor
- Jamie Lynn Spearsb. 1991USAmerican actress and singer (born 1991)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 100 sources across 51 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 239K | #163 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 73K | #163 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 508 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 316 | — |
| IE Ireland | CSO — Irish Babies Names (1998–present) | 2019 | 271 | #19 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 173 | #10,114 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 166 | #4,855 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2007 | 103 | #100 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 91 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 75 | #41,439 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 59 | #87 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 56 | #44,082 |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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
- Is Jamie a male or female name?
- Jamie 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.
- What are other forms of the name Jamie?
- In the etymology graph, Jaime, Jacob and Jim are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of James.
- What does the name Jamie mean, and where does it come from?
- Originally a pet form of James; chiefly associated with Scotland, now sometimes independent in Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.
- In which country does Jamie have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 312 thousand people named Jamie, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jamie.
- How common is the name Jamie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 312,010 people named Jamie in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Jamie compared with other names?
- In the United States, Jamie is the 163rd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jamieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Jamie” — the 163rd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.