Jemaine — boys' name
169 babies named Jemaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Jemaine was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Jemaine in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jemaine
The Social Security Administration has registered 169 babies named Jemaine between 1971 and 1990, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jemaine currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jemaine performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jemaine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jemaine in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jemaine 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 169 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.
Jemaine at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jemaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1971
- Peak year (1980)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
169 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 15 births in a single year.
Jemaine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 86 births that decade — 51% of Jemaine's all-time total
Jemaine decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jemaine's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Jemaine by state
Where Jemaine concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.6% |
6 of 169 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.