girls:
211 births since 1996
#5505 (4th percentile)
boys:
105 births since 1979
#4481 (2nd percentile)
overall:
316 births since 1979
#7423 (4th percentile)
The name Jemiah is the #7,423 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 316 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 4.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,505 (3.7% percentile) for all time with 211 births since 1996. For boys, it ranks #4,481 (2.2% percentile) for all time with 105 births since 1979.
Jemiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1996 for girls). Birth data for Jemiah is available in 26 out of the 43 years between 1979 and 2021 (20 years for girls and 17 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Jemiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.8% of all recorded births). In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Jemiah were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (64.0% boys from 1979 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.3% girls from 2000 to 2021).
For girls, Jemiah reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #966) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
For boys, Jemiah reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #842) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jemiah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Jemiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.3% confident that Jemiah is pronounced as jeh-MAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is juh-MAI-uh, at 32.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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