# Jamin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jamin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “right hand”, “right side” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,584 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,446 / 138 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew יָמִין (yamin, “right hand or right side”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 11,144 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,368 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,580 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9,778 |
| 1986 | 12 | 5,903 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,160 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,881 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,644 |
| 1991 | 9 | 8,883 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,926 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,377 |
| 1994 | 6 | 12,407 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | 15,101 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,785 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 2,826 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,248 |
| 2013 | 42 | 2,786 |
| 2014 | 43 | 2,773 |
| 2015 | 45 | 2,699 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,741 |
| 2017 | 41 | 2,915 |
| 2018 | 33 | 3,406 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,382 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,611 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,534 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2,889 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,756 |
| 2024 | 36 | 3,299 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,403 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Jamin

- Jamie Raskin, American lawyer, politician, and U.S. Representative from Maryland since 2017
- Jay Briscoe, American professional wrestler (1984–2023)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.