Girls' name · since 1945
Jamesina
Jamesina has 89 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jamesina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 89 have been recorded since 1945.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamesina has been recorded 89 times among girls since 1945, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1974.
- #28,431 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 89 born since 1945
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jamesina ranks #28,431 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 89 born since 1945, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,431 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 89
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Jamesina's 89 recorded births place it above 60.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jamesina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jamesina's full recorded timeline at 1963, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1968 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jamesina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1974
- Peak year (1968)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jamesina by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (60 births, 67% of the file).
1960s was Jamesina's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Jamesina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s
1960s
60 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 60 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Jamesina's decade-level peak was the 1960s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jamesina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1945–1974 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jamesina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.