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Jemima

Pronounced /d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/

Rank in 2024
#3,024
Born in 2024
54
Peak year
2018 · #2686
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 54 girls were named Jemima, about 1 in every 29,874.
  • It peaked in 2018 with 64 babies, ranked #2686.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1881.
  • 1,783 girls have been named Jemima since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Jemima per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 198 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 44 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 109 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 221 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 508 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 569 babies, 0.03 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”). By folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James.

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Jemima, CC BY-SA 4.0.