Jamesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-MEE-shuh
- Origin
- Modern
Jamesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Jamesha come from?
Modern: modern invented name, Ja- prefix + Mesha
Is Jamesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Jamesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Jamesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 151 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Jamesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jamesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,652 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 40 | #3,642 |
| 2004 | 64 | #2,586 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 92 | #1,883 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 100 | #1,618 |
| 1997 | 125 | #1,366 |
| 1996 | 146 | #1,213 |
| 1995 | 133 | #1,262 |
| 1994 | 151 | #1,167 |
| 1993 | 127 | #1,316 |
| 1992 | 103 | #1,520 |
| 1991 | 137 | #1,236 |
| 1990 | 106 | #1,464 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,976 |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,800 |
| 1987 | 33 | #2,913 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 31 | #2,850 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Jamesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jamesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jamesha, updated 20 October 2026.