Jemiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-MY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Jemiah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Jemiah come from?
Modern: modern invented name, perhaps from Jemima or Jeremiah
Is Jemiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jemiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jemiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Jemiah, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Jemiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jemiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Names like Jemiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Zariah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Janiyah, Jaziah, Kamiyah, Jaziyah, Aziah, Jamiyah, Aziyah
Names related to Jemiah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Jemiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jemiah, updated 20 October 2026.