Jemimah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Jemimah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Jemimah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #664 in 2010, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#664highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#1287
1998	#1076
1999	#1107
2000	#930
2001	#918
2002	#938
2003	#1056
2004	#1459
2005	#1012
2006	#1052
2007	#1050
2008	#831
2009	#806
2010	#664
2011	#804
2012	#758
2013	#1148
2014	#940
2015	#1033
2016	#1031
2017	#836
2018	#1013
2019	#1189
2020	#1013
2021	#1866
2022	#1383
2023	#1959
2024	#1230

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #1230 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1296 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #664 among girls in England and Wales, in 2010 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1230 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Jemimah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Jemimah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	65	4 of 10	16
2000s	270	10 of 10	27
2010sbusiest	400	10 of 10	40
2020s	112	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 40 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Jemimah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #664 in England and Wales in 2010.

Jemimah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1230	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1383	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#836	46	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#940	39	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1148	30	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#758	52	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#804	46	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#664	56	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#806	43	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#831	40	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1050	28	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1056	22	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#938	24	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#918	24	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#930	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1107	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1076	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #664, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 56 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Jem · #764, 30y
Jemima · #157, 30y
Jemma · #73, 52y
Jena · #271, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alisia · #663, 29y
Rahela · #663, 25y
Lucien · #666, 29y
Abigael · #661, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amrita · #664, 29y
Alisia · #663, 29y
Kahlan · #663, 13y
Rahela · #663, 25y

Jemimah was ranked #664 in England and Wales · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Jemimah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Jemimah without appearing here.

Jemimah moved ahead of

Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #3695.
Tayla Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #1774 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #3318.
Pamela Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1383 and #3148.
Sandra Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1959 and #1525 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1230 and #2771.

Moved ahead of Jemimah

Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1056 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1459 and #736.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1013 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #1286.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #804 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #758 and #284.
Rita Compare
In 2012 they stood at #758 and #916 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1148 and #699.

Moved the opposite way to Jemimah

Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Jemimah went from #1296 to #758 while Vicki went from #848 to #5876.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Jemimah went from #664 to #1230 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.

Moved the same way as Jemimah

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jemimah went from #1296 to #1959 and Kristin from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jemimah went from #1296 to #1959 and Therese from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Jemimah went from #1296 to #1959 and Tracey from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Jemimah went from #1296 to #1866 and Carol from #802 to #3519.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #664 in England and Wales in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Jemimah

Jemimah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Jemimah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Jemimah at a glance

Jemimah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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