Jemima Girl
How popular is Jemima?
#3,516 girl name in 2025
43 baby girls were named Jemima in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
Jemima popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,516 for girls (▼ 586 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 43 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,143 in 2015, #4,077 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (64 girls) |
| Highest rank | #695 in 1885 |
| First recorded | 1881 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Jemima counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Jemima family of names ranked #2,119 for girls in 2025 (#1,750 the year before), with 61 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Jemima | 43 | 70% |
| Jemimah | 18 | 30% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Jemima is most popular
Babies named Jemima per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Maryland: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Jemima by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #695 |
| 1890s | 63 | #826 |
| 1900s | 50 | #1,170 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,922 |
| 1920s | 76 | #3,143 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,154 |
| 1940s | 11 | #3,952 |
| 1960s | 16 | #6,041 |
| 1970s | 86 | #4,040 |
| 1980s | 113 | #4,835 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,718 |
| 2000s | 333 | #3,251 |
| 2010s | 442 | #2,676 |
| 2020s | 290 | #2,757 |
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Questions
- Is Jemima a boy or girl name?
- Jemima is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Jemima were girls.
- How popular is the name Jemima?
- 43 baby girls were named Jemima in the US in 2025, making it the 3516th most popular girl name.
- When was Jemima most popular?
- Jemima peaked in 2018, when 64 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #695 in 1885.
- How many people are named Jemima?
- 1,832 babies have been named Jemima in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,456 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Jemima most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Jemima was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.