Jamee
Feminine · “supplanter”
Jamee is given to both — 2,734 girls and 218 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
The doubled e was the last of four endings tried on this name. Jamie, Jaime, Jami and Jamee all sit in the American record, and they arrived roughly in that order — each one a further attempt to fix a final vowel that the first spelling left open.
How old is the name Jamee?
Jamee first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Jamee alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 2,600 people named Jamee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jamee most popular?
Jamee peaked in 1977, reaching #1315 nationally. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
From James to Jamee
The story of Jamee
The -ee ending is the strongest signal English has for a final long e, and it tends to be reached for last, once the softer options have been tried and found ambiguous. Here it was also meant to mark the name as a woman's, which is what the ee ending had been doing across American naming for a generation. It worked: the record gives this spelling almost entirely to girls. A spelling can signal a great deal when readers are prepared to read it.
Meaning
supplanter
The name descends through James from the Hebrew Yaakov. Every ending in this family carries the meaning unchanged, because none of them touches anything but the last letter.
How the name formed
- James
- Jamie
- Jamee
Pronouncing Jamee
JAY-mee
Two syllables with the weight at the front. Every spelling in this family is said identically.
Nicknames for Jamee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 198590 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1315reached in 1977
- Change vs 2018
- −37.5%5 in 2024, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jamees among us
people named Jamee are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Jamee sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The ending removes any question about the final vowel.
- It is said correctly by everyone on first hearing.
- It sits behind one of the most-used names in the English-speaking world.
- Jamie is the standard spelling and will be written instead, every time.
- The spelling is recorded for boys as well as girls, which was not the intention.
- It reads clearly as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jamees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,600 people named Jamee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jamee in 2025?
- Jamee is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Jamee with classmates?
- Jamee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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