Girls' name · since 1999
Jemmy
Jemmy has 10 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 10
- total births
- 1999–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
Jemmy is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 10 have been recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jemmy has been recorded 10 times among girls since 1999, 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 1999 to 2000.
- 10 total births
- 1999–2000 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 50% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jemmy's 10 recorded births place it above 21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jemmy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jemmy's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded.
Jemmy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2000
- Peak year (1999)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Jemmy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Jemmy's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Jemmy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Jemmy's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (5 total births) through the 2000s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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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, 1999–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jemmy: Baby Name Since 1999 - 10 Births, Peak 1999." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jemmy. 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 Jemmy 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.