Jamire
Masculine
Jamire is built the way most new American names are built: an opening syllable that has been in circulation for two generations, and an ending chosen because of how it lands. The -mire close is unusual and is what makes the name its own; the Ja- in front is shared with several hundred thousand people.
How old is the name Jamire?
Jamire first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Jamire alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Jamire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jamire most popular?
Jamire peaked in 2012, reaching #3625 nationally. Today it ranks #4857, 1,232 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Jamire
The Ja- prefix has been the busiest single syllable in American naming since the nineteen-seventies, and its whole point is combination: it goes in front of anything and makes it new. What varies is the ending, and endings are where the real choosing happens. Jamire takes one that almost nothing else uses, so the name sits inside a very large family and still answers to nobody else. That is a difficult balance to strike deliberately, and the naming tradition that produced this one strikes it constantly.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No inherited meaning. Amir, Arabic for a commander, and Jamil, Arabic for beautiful, both sit near it in sound and are sometimes offered as sources; neither can be shown, and the -mire spelling belongs to American respelling habits rather than to Arabic.
Pronouncing Jamire
juh-MEER
Two syllables with the stress at the end. Some families say juh-MY-er with three, and the spelling supports both, so it is worth settling early.
Nicknames for Jamire
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
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 201029 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3625reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +53.8%20 in 2025, from 13
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.
Jamires among us
people named Jamire are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 85,404 born in 2025 was named Jamire
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dorrian test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jamire's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dorrian climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dorrian's path sketches the road Jamire is walking now.
Jamire sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Jamire beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jamire in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Jay works as a short form and needs no explaining anywhere.
- The stress at the end gives it carry when it is called across a room.
- It is genuinely rare while every sound in it is ordinary.
- The spelling does not fix the pronunciation, and the family will be settling it for years.
- Jamir, Jamire and Jamiere all appear, so it will be written back wrongly.
- There is no documented history, only a naming pattern.
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Frequently asked
- How many Jamires are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Jamire are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Jamire in 2025?
- Jamire ranks #4857 among US boy names in 2025, with 20 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jamire?
- About 1 in every 85,404 US boys born in 2025 was named Jamire — 20 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jamire with classmates?
- Jamire will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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