Unisex name · since 1996
Jemiah
Jemiah has 216 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,021 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,709 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 216
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jemiah currently ranks #15709 among unisex names in America, with 216 babies recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jemiah has been recorded 216 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #15709 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #19,021 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,709 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 216 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jemiah ranks #19,021 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,709 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 216 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,021 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,709 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 216
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jemiah's 216 recorded births place it above 73.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jemiah compares
216 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Jemiah's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jemiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 216 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jemiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jemiah's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jemiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Jemiah popularity over time - boys
105 total births recorded since 1979 (Jemiah as boys' name)
Jemiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (124 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Jemiah's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Jemiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
124 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 124 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Jemiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jemiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
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, 1996–2025 (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 Jemiah 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.