Fun Facts About the Name Jaymee
- More than 2 thousand babies named Jaymee: U.S. records list 2,229 babies given the name Jaymee from 1880 through 2025. Even 23 boys received the name Jaymee - about 1 boy for every 96 girls.
What Does the Name Jaymee Mean?
Jaymee is a respelling of Jamie, a Scottish pet form of James. James and Jacob descend from the same Hebrew name, Ya'aqov (יַעֲקֹב), which English Bibles render as Jacob. That Hebrew name is ordinarily connected with 'aqev, "heel," and with the Genesis account in which Jacob is born gripping the heel of his twin, Esau; hence the customary English meaning "supplanter," or literally "heel-grabber." A second proposal treats Ya'aqov as a shortened form of a longer name meaning "may God protect," from a Semitic root for guarding or watching over. That proposal is not settled, so "supplanter" is the meaning normally given in English. The spelling Jaymee changes how the name is written, not what it means.
Jaymee Name History & Origins
Jamie began as a familiar form of James, the English and Scottish descendant of Greek Iakobos and Latin Iacobus, which passed through Late Latin Iacomus and Old French into English. The pet form was formed with the diminutive ending -ie and belongs chiefly to Scottish usage, where James was the name of the Stuart kings, including James VI, who became king of England in 1603. A traditional Scottish border ballad, "Jamie Telfer of the Fair Dodhead," uses the name; the ballad circulated orally before Walter Scott printed it in his early nineteenth-century ballad collection.
Jaymee keeps the pronunciation of Jamie and alters only the spelling, with y replacing the i and ee replacing ie. It belongs with other respellings of the same name, such as Jayme and Jaymie. These substitutions are spelling changes rather than signs of a different origin or meaning, and they are modern in form. Jamie itself has been given to girls as well as boys in the English-speaking world, and the -ee ending also appears in established English girls' names such as Amy and Jodie.
How Popular is the Name Jaymee?
Jaymee has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1992. Its best rank was #1,820 in 1992.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,740 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #7,365 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #8,231 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,832 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #6,519 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #4,305 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #4,968 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #6,127 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #4,741 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2016 | #4,032 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2015 | #3,554 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #4,590 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2013 | #4,473 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #3,608 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2011 | #2,778 | 63 | 0.0036% |
| 2010 | #3,060 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2009 | #3,216 | 52 | 0.0028% |
| 2008 | #3,068 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2007 | #3,302 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 2006 | #2,652 | 68 | 0.0036% |
| 2005 | #3,186 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2004 | #2,789 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 2003 | #2,969 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2002 | #2,869 | 52 | 0.0029% |
| 2001 | #3,070 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2000 | #2,442 | 63 | 0.0035% |
| 1999 | #2,915 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 1998 | #2,587 | 53 | 0.0030% |
| 1997 | #2,406 | 55 | 0.0032% |
| 1996 | #2,094 | 66 | 0.0038% |
| 1995 | #2,402 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 1994 | #2,277 | 58 | 0.0032% |
| 1993 | #1,927 | 73 | 0.0040% |
| 1992 | #1,820 | 79 | 0.0043% |
| 1991 | #1,880 | 75 | 0.0040% |
| 1990 | #1,945 | 71 | 0.0037% |
| 1989 | #1,928 | 67 | 0.0036% |
| 1988 | #2,718 | 39 | 0.0022% |
| 1987 | #2,405 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1986 | #3,003 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 1985 | #3,357 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1984 | #4,058 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1983 | #4,010 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1982 | #3,939 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1981 | #4,217 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1980 | #3,549 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 1979 | #3,705 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1978 | #3,551 | 21 | 0.0014% |
| 1977 | #3,961 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1976 | #2,683 | 29 | 0.0020% |
| 1975 | #4,970 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #5,508 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #5,322 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #8,777 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1971 | #5,263 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1970 | #4,338 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #4,277 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1968 | #5,868 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #4,148 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #5,477 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #5,690 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #6,154 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #6,980 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1960 | #6,748 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #5,853 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #3,625 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1957 | #6,483 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1946 | #4,668 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | #13,429 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 2006 | #11,251 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #7,957 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #9,930 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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