girls:
1.7k births since 1881
#4041 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1881
#6024 (22nd percentile)
The name Jemima is the #6,024 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,727 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 22.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,041 (29.3% percentile) for all time with 1,727 births since 1881.
Jemima first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (first recorded for girls in 1881). Birth data for Jemima is available in 104 out of the 143 years between 1881 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Jemima reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #902) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 1885, with 70 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Jemima ranks #891 for girls (5.9% percentile) with 35 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jemima".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Jemima. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.9% confident that Jemima is pronounced as juh-MAI-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is jeh-MEE-muh, at 15.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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