Girls' name · since 1978
Jemila
Since 1978, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Jemila, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 144
- total births
- 1978–2022
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
Jemila sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 144 recorded since 1978.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jemila has been recorded 144 times among girls since 1978, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2022.
- 144 total births
- 1978–2022 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 48% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jemila's 144 recorded births place it above 68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jemila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jemila splits its recorded history at 1993: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1981 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jemila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2022
- Peak year (1993)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Jemila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jemila's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Jemila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
69 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 69 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Jemila's decade-level peak was the 1990s (69 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1978–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jemila: Baby Name Since 1978 - 144 Births, Peak 1993." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jemila. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Jemila 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 July 2026.