Baby name
CLASSIC
🇦🇷 🇦🇺 🇦🇹 James
/JAYMZ/
Meaning
“Supplanter”
Hebrew 'Ya'akov' via Late Latin 'Iacomus' and Old French; the biblical name of two apostles, with unmatched staying power.
Nicknames
jim · jimmy · jamie
Vibe
strongdistinguished
How it ages.
Consistent top-10 US and UK staple across entire 20th-21st centuries; never trendy, always reliable.
The cultural moment.
US and UK show unbroken top-10 presence 1900-2025; Australia and Canada following closely. Currently ranks #4 in Ireland, #6 in the US, #9 in the Netherlands and #33 in the UK. It also ranks among the hundred most common given names in the world.