Name meaning & stats
Jaymes
Jaymes means “supplanter” (Hebrew origin). 2,567 US babies since 1940, peak 1986.
What it means
“supplanter”
HebrewForm of James
In US birth records
Peak year: 1986
2,567 US babies were named Jaymes between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jaymes (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 84% of the family
- Jaymes 84%
- Jaymz 11%
- Jaimes 5%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1986)