Jamaine
Jamaine was the 11224th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 1106th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,502 places. More babies were named Jamaine in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,224 boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197863 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,356babies recorded
Jamaine popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 16 since 1970.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,224 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #5,347 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,120 | 19 |
| 1990 | #2,515 | 27 |
| 1980 | #1,349 | 49 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Jamaine, counting every spelling?
Jamaine has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Jamaine?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Jamaine (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Jamaine born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Jamaine.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Jamaine?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Jamaine are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 26 and 47. That makes Jamaine mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Jamaine by state
How common Jamaine was among boys born in each state in 1976–1980, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.6×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Jamaine
How popular is the name Jamaine?
Jamaine was the 11224th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 1106th with 63 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,502 places. More babies were named Jamaine in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Jamaine a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Jamaine in the US.
Where was Jamaine most popular?
In 1976–1980, Jamaine was most common in New York (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Virginia.