Jaime
Of Spanish origin, a masculine diminutive variation of James, meaning "supplanter".
Name Census estimates that about 112,837 living Americans carry the first name Jaime. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 58.7% of registrations being male. The average person named Jaime today is around 39 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jaime births was 1976 (9,240 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jaime. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Jaime with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Jaime sits in rare territory as a truly gender-neutral name, given to boys and girls in near-equal numbers.
People living today
113K
~ 1 in 3,038 Americans
Peak year
1976
9,240 babies that year
Average age
39
years old
2024 SSA rank
#605
Tracked since 1916
Census
Jaime in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 158,228 people with the first name Jaime, which placed it at #353 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#353
National first-name rank
People counted
158K
158,228 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
52.4
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
66.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jaime
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jaime is Hispanic at 66.4%. The next largest groups are White (27.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jaime described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jaime at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino66.4% · 105,109
- White27.6% · 43,614
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.9% · 4,539
- Black or African American1.6% · 2,503
- Two or more races1.2% · 1,970
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 493
Gender
Gender distribution for Jaime
Jaime is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 121,099 total registrations, 71,068 (58.7%) were male and 50,031 (41.3%) were female.
Jaime as a male name
- Ranked #605 in 2024
- 468 male births in 2024
- Peak: 1980 (1,462 births)
Jaime as a female name
- Ranked #4,591 in 2024
- 30 female births in 2024
- Peak: 1976 (7,838 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Jaime on both sides of the split. Of the 158,232 people counted with this name, 113,150 were male (71.5%) and 45,082 were female (28.5%).
Popularity
Jaime: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jaime from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 1970s, with 34,585 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 1970s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Jaime by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Jaime during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jaimes live
The SSA's state-level files cover 51 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Jaime, while Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 2,251 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jaime
The name Jaime has its origins in the ancient Hebrew name Jacob, which means "supplanter" or "one who follows". It is also related to the Spanish name Santiago, which is derived from the Latin name Sanctus Iacobus, meaning "Saint James".
The name Jaime was first popularized in medieval Spain and Portugal, where it was a common name among the nobility and royalty. It is believed to have been introduced to the Iberian Peninsula by the Moors during their conquest of the region in the 8th century.
One of the earliest recorded uses of the name Jaime can be found in the Codex Calixtinus, a 12th-century manuscript that contains the first written account of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. The manuscript refers to a legend surrounding a knight named Jaime who was said to have fought alongside the apostle Saint James during the Christian reconquest of Spain.
Throughout history, there have been several notable figures who bore the name Jaime. One of the most famous is Jaime I of Aragon (1208-1276), also known as "El Conquistador" (The Conqueror), who was responsible for the conquest of the Balearic Islands and Valencia from the Moors.
Another notable Jaime was Jaime II of Majorca (1243-1311), who was the first King of Majorca and the Lord of Montpellier. He was known for his patronage of the arts and his support of the University of Montpellier.
In the 16th century, Jaime de Mal Lara (1525-1571) was a Spanish humanist and philologist who wrote extensively on the history and culture of ancient Spain.
In the 20th century, Jaime Torres Bodet (1902-1974) was a Mexican poet, diplomat, and educator who served as the Director-General of UNESCO from 1948 to 1952.
Finally, Jaime Lerner (born 1937) is a Brazilian architect and urban planner who is best known for his innovative urban planning initiatives in the city of Curitiba, Brazil, where he served as mayor on three separate occasions.
Notable bearers
Famous people named Jaime
People
Jaime + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jaime as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jaime: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jaime?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 112,837 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jaime going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,038 US residents.
Is Jaime a common name?
We classify Jaime as "Common". It ranks above 99.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 121,099 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jaime most popular?
The single biggest year for Jaime was 1976, when 9,240 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jaime is about 39 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jaime in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 158,228 people with the name Jaime, or 52.39 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #353 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jaime in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jaime?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Jaime on both sides of the split. Of the 158,232 people counted with this name, 113,150 were male (71.5%) and 45,082 were female (28.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jaime?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jaime is Hispanic at 66.4%. The next largest groups are White (27.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (2.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jaime most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Jaime in the 2020 Census, accounting for 66.4% (105,109 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Jaime in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jaime a male name?
Yes, 58.7% of people registered as Jaime in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Jaime still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jaime in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Jaime can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people are called Jaime?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.