Jamisen
- Last seen for girls in 2018 at #11,427
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #7,262
- Given to boys 65.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 29 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 385since 1988
Jamisen over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,406 | 13 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #5,106 | 18 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #4,776 | 20 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #5,746 | 15 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | #3,617 | 29 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #4,621 | 20 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | #4,375 | 22 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 | #3,782 | 26 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #4,824 | 17 |
| 2004 | #5,208 | 24 | #7,536 | 9 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1988
The first year at least five boys were named Jamisen! It came in at #6,426, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1989–1998, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Jamisen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Jamisen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Jamisen
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 2014 at #3,617 (29 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 66,237
- Highest: 1 in 66,237 boys born in 2014 were named Jamisen (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 158,728 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.5% of all boys named Jamisen (175) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
- Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 | #6,426 (1988) | #6,426 |
| 1990s | 6 | #8,704 (1999) | #8,704 |
| 2000s | 161 | #3,782 (2006) | #5,406 |
| 2010s | 175 | #3,617 (2014) | #5,418 |
| 2020s | 37 | #5,451 (2020) | #6,767 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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