Jaimes
Jaimes is the Spanish equivalent of James.
Meaning & Origin of Jaimes
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jaimes is the Spanish equivalent of James.
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The Story of Jaimes
American parents first put Jaimes on the record books as a baby boy name in 1960, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 10 Jaimess were born — ranking #4,993 that year. About 31% of every Jaimes on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Jaimes last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 153 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Jaimes
Jaimes is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 153 births in the dataset. Jaimes's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #4,993. Use the chart and map above to compare Jaimes's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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