Jemima
- #3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,832since 1881
Jemima over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Jemima has never cracked the top 600 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,517 | 43 |
| 2024 | #2,930 | 56 |
| 2023 | #2,757 | 62 |
| 2022 | #3,033 | 54 |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 |
| 2020 | #4,078 | 34 |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 |
| 2018 | #2,677 | 64 |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 |
| 2016 | #3,523 | 44 |
| 2015 | #4,144 | 35 |
| 2014 | #3,041 | 55 |
| 2013 | #3,513 | 44 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 |
| 2010 | #4,306 | 34 |
| 2009 | #3,252 | 51 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 |
| 2007 | #3,721 | 43 |
| 2006 | #4,073 | 36 |
| 2005 | #4,487 | 30 |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #4,906 | 24 |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
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| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,923 | 18 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
| 1895 | #1,202 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #826 | 13 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | #788 | 9 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five girls were named Jemima! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Jemima is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 587 spots since 2024 (#2,930 → #3,517)
- 561 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #3,517)
- Biggest jump: 624 spots in 1893
- Biggest drop: 718 spots in 1898
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1885 at #695 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1881–1885
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,305
- Highest: 1 in 13,305 girls born in 1885 were named Jemima (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 37,378 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 24.1% of all girls named Jemima (442) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #695 (1885) | #898 |
| 1890s | 63 | #826 (1893) | #1,231 |
| 1900s | 50 | #1,171 (1900) | #1,553 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,923 (1917) | #2,572 |
| 1920s | 76 | #3,144 (1924) | #3,730 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,156 (1935) | #3,204 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,954 (1941) | #4,599 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 16 | #6,042 (1967) | #6,692 |
| 1970s | 86 | #4,041 (1974) | #6,147 |
| 1980s | 113 | #4,840 (1988) | #6,196 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,723 (1996) | #5,734 |
| 2000s | 333 | #3,252 (2009) | #4,258 |
| 2010s | 442 | #2,677 (2018) | #3,600 |
| 2020s | 290 | #2,757 (2023) | #3,332 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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