How Many People Are Named Jemima?
people named Jemima are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 235,713 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,832 babies named Jemima in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
64 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "dove" in Hebrew. This was the oldest of the three daughters of Job in the Old Testament. As an English name, Jemima first became common during the Puritan era.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Jemima in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jemima alive today is about 19 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jemima first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2018, to 64 babies. In 2025, 43 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jemima has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #713, in 1885. In 2025 it ranked #3,543.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,543 |
| Best rank | #713 (1885) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,577 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jemima alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jemima were born in Florida than in any other state: about 95 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jemima was given 5 times as often in Florida and 4.5 times in New York.
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