Jamisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jamisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 694 babies named Jamisha between 1977 and 2011, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jamisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jamisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Jamisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Jamisha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jamisha 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 694 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.