Jaime
Meaning
“Spanish form of James (from Jacob), traditionally translated as 'supplanter'”
The story
Jaime leads a double life the record refuses to simplify, and that refusal is the story. In Spanish it is James, descended from Jacob, traditionally supplanter, pronounced HAI-me and worn by medieval kings of Aragon. In English it doubled as a friendly spelling of Jamie, which is how it entered gender-neutral American use. The US curve shows trace use from the 1910s and then a remarkably flat plateau from the 1970s all the way through the 2010s, two separate traditions quietly sharing a single spelling for five decades, easing only in the 2020s. Jaime is best understood as two names that happen to look identical on paper, and the pronunciation question gets settled on day one, then re-explained at every roll call after that.
Jaime around the world
One shared root links 18 names across 5 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Ya'aqov, traditionally "holder of the heel, supplanter"; Late Latin split it into Jacobus and Iacomus, giving Europe both Jacob and James
The constellation
12 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jaime peaked in the 1970s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
65,865 people · the #461 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 3,086 · median age 55
Among people named Jaime living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 413 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Jaime
Most people given the name Jaime in the United States were born between 1970 and 1999. The Jaime you meet today is most often in their 30s or 40s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jaime deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Jaime truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Jaime fits with your family’s names and surname.
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