Jamy
The Story of Jamy
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Jamy as a girl name dates back to 1956, when 5 babies received it. 1976 was its biggest year on record, with 46 newborns named Jamy — #1,936 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Jamy on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Jamy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 750 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Jamy as a boy name dates back to 1960, when 6 babies received it. 1972 was its biggest year on record, with 38 newborns named Jamy — #1,364 in the national rankings. About 61% of every Jamy on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Jamy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2009, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 384 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jamy
Jamy is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 750 births in the dataset. Jamy's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #1,936. Use the chart and map above to compare Jamy'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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