The Jaimes surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 17,573 people carried this name — #2,050 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 16,800 people counted. That is up 65% from 10,661 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 6,298 people named Jaimes live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 2,130
Córdoba 799
Santiago del Estero 626
Salta 520
Santa Fe 518
City of Buenos Aires 427
Tucumán 362
Chaco 304

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 44 people named Jaimes.

Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Pyrénées-Atlantiques 37
Gironde 6
Paris 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

28 people named Jaimes live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 12
Zurich 6
Ticino 4
Geneva 3
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Jaimes in American newspapers,
1898–1907.

Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Jaimes
The Salt Lake Herald 1907-07-21
Newspaper page from La Democracia carrying the name Jaimes
La Democracia 1898-06-11
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Jaimes
San Antonio Daily Light 1900-11-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,905 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Jaimes in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

1,319 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jaimes. The most, 336, date from the 1910s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 415
Victoria 398
Queensland 198
South Australia 120
Western Australia 117
Tasmania 68
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Jaimes.

Who carried it

People named Jaimes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Julio Lucas Jaimes
    Julio Lucas Jaimes 1845–1914 · writer
  • Ricardo Jaimes Freyre
    Ricardo Jaimes Freyre 1868–1933 · writer
  • Cipriano Jaimes 1885–1928 · military personnel
  • Walter Jaimes 1976–2026 · journalist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Jaimes,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States91 records

91 records of the Jaimes name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 66
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 18
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Antonio M. Jaimes

    Born 1926 in Arizona. Enlisted 1945, from Pima County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Dolly Jaimes

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maria Jaimes

    Born 1870 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Pasadena, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 91 records for Jaimes in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

France20 records

20 records of the Jaimes name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Pierre Jaimes

    Born 1927 in Moncayolle-Larrory-Mendibieu; died 1992 in Mauléon-Licharre (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Ida Marie Yvette Jaimes

    Born 1919 in Bordeaux; died 1996 in Pessac (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Jaimes

    Born 1906 in Aussurucq; died 1977 in Barcus (Pyrénées-Atlantiques).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Jaimes in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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