Jamesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,274 babies named Jamesha between 1974 and 2017, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 151 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 244 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamesha in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamesha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,274 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.