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Jemima

Means “dove”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #4,144, 2016: #3,523, 2017: #3,919, 2018: #2,677, 2019: #3,388, 2020: #4,078, 2021: #3,678, 2022: #3,033, 2023: #2,757, 2024: #2,930, 2025: #3,5171 in 37,378 girls in the US, 2025#3,517 · rising · was #4,144 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #213, 2016: #221, 2017: #231, 2018: #297, 2019: #273, 2020: #320, 2021: #371, 2022: #416, 2023: #449, 2024: #460, 2025: #4441 in 2,814 girls in E&W, 2025#444 · falling · was #213 in 2015

Girl’s name · Hebrew · /d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/

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What Jemima means

Means “dove”

From the name of a minor biblical character, from Hebrew יְמִימָה (“dove”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Jemima” (revision 93671392), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jemima?

US 2025
#3517
43 babies
▼ 587 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#444
90 babies
▲ 16 vs 2024
Scotland
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Not listed

US: Rising: up from #4144 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #213 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (1885)

Biggest US share so far: 1885, when 10 girls got the name (#695 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

  • About 1 in 37,378 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 2,814 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MD (0.25 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.06 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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FewerMore · grey: under 5 babies, not listed

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Jemima is #3517 in the US and #444 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#3517431 in 37,378#4144
England & Wales#444901 in 2,814#213
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Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jemima were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 2025430
England & Wales 2025900
US all years since 18801,8320
England & Wales since 19966,5440

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

/d͡ʒəˈmaɪmə/

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

  • Jemimah18 US · 24 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

  • Gemima

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Jemima

Girls

  • Selah#216“to hang”
  • Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
  • Chaya#587“living”
  • Sarai#424“master, chief”
  • Naomi#47“my pleasantness”
  • Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”

For a brother

  • Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”
  • Abner#874“father of light”
  • Hezekiah#485“Yahu is My Strength”
  • Yosef#663Editor’s note Up from #708 in 2015 to #663 in 2025 in the US
  • Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”
  • Moshe#435possibly “to give birth to”

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Jemima’s. Rank is US 2025.

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