Jemima

Girl · je-MY-ma · Hebrew

Jemima is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “dove”. In 2025 it ranked 493rd for girls in the UK (90 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).

What does Jemima mean?

Hebrew

“dove”

In the Bible, Jemima is the eldest of the three beautiful daughters born to Job after his trials.

Say it: je-MY-ma

Is Jemima a girl's or a boy's name?

Jemima is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 90 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jemima in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #493among girls
Babies in 2025: 90about 1 in 3,100 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 45% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 90 girls in the UK were named Jemima, making it the 493rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 339th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 341 girls.

Half of all the girls named Jemima in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were given Jemima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #393, up from #493 for this spelling alone.

Jemima 90
Jemimah 28

Among girls in 2025, it was 444th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 341 in 20082025

Jemima in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	90	#493
2024	90	#497
2023	90	#486
2022	103	#454
2021	127	#394
2020	145	#339
2019	181	#296
2018	164	#317
2017	220	#253
2016	239	#244
2015	261	#228
2014	259	#226
2013	233	#240
2012	258	#215
2011	303	#189
2010	270	#215
2009	309	#192
2008	341	#178
2007	323	#192
2006	303	#191
2005	316	#183
2004	257	#207
2003	244	#210
2002	218	#226
2001	235	#195
2000	208	#229
1999	228	#213
1998	191	#249
1997	260	#190
1996	178	#248

How popular is Jemima in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,516among girls
Babies in 2025: 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadyup 12% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Jemima, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

Half of all the girls named Jemima in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 61 girls in the US were given Jemima or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,301, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.

Jemima 43
Jemimah 18

1881Busiest: 64 in 20182025

Jemima in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	43	#3,516
2024	56	#2,930
2023	62	#2,757
2022	54	#3,033
2021	41	#3,677
2020	34	#4,077
2019	46	#3,387
2018	64	#2,676
2017	38	#3,918
2016	44	#3,523
2015	35	#4,143
2014	55	#3,039
2013	44	#3,511
2012	42	#3,710
2011	40	#3,780
2010	34	#4,305
2009	51	#3,251
2008	33	#4,549
2007	43	#3,720
2006	36	#4,072
2005	30	#4,483
2004	32	#4,283
2003	34	#3,942
2002	24	#4,902
2001	24	#4,829
2000	26	#4,522
1999	29	#3,966
1998	17	#5,794
1997	14	#6,478
1996	29	#3,718
1995	18	#5,216
1994	12	#7,091
1993	16	#5,667
1992	11	#7,504
1991	17	#5,393
1990	13	#6,459
1989	14	#5,830
1988	17	#4,835
1987	9	#7,348
1986	12	#5,754
1985	11	#6,029
1984	11	#5,898
1983	10	#6,210
1982	12	#5,532
1981	10	#6,321
1980	7	#8,177
1979	11	#5,750
1978	9	#6,384
1977	13	#4,941
1976	6	#8,154
1975	13	#4,591
1974	15	#4,040
1973	5	#8,421
1972	8	#5,957
1971	0	–
1970	6	#7,069
1969	5	#7,469
1968	0	–
1967	6	#6,041
1966	5	#6,563
1965	0	–
1964	0	–
1963	0	–
1962	0	–
1961	0	–
1960	0	–
1959	0	–
1958	0	–
1957	0	–
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	0	–
1953	0	–
1952	0	–
1951	0	–
1950	0	–
1949	5	#5,243
1948	0	–
1947	0	–
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	0	–
1943	0	–
1942	0	–
1941	6	#3,952
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	8	#3,179
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	8	#3,154
1934	0	–
1933	0	–
1932	8	#3,272
1931	0	–
1930	0	–
1929	7	#3,680
1928	7	#3,741
1927	7	#3,873
1926	6	#4,304
1925	8	#3,663
1924	10	#3,143
1923	7	#3,970
1922	8	#3,653
1921	8	#3,665
1920	8	#3,596
1919	7	#3,815
1918	14	#2,375
1917	18	#1,922
1916	16	#2,028
1915	12	#2,383
1914	5	#3,617
1913	6	#2,825
1912	8	#2,143
1911	5	#2,463
1910	6	#2,140
1909	8	#1,607
1908	8	#1,547
1907	0	–
1906	0	–
1905	6	#1,695
1904	0	–
1903	5	#1,791
1902	6	#1,593
1901	6	#1,466
1900	11	#1,170
1899	0	–
1898	5	#1,699
1897	11	#982
1896	5	#1,582
1895	8	#1,202
1894	0	–
1893	13	#826
1892	5	#1,450
1891	10	#893
1890	6	#1,209
1889	5	#1,278
1888	6	#1,136
1887	9	#788
1886	0	–
1885	10	#695
1884	9	#731
1883	6	#817
1882	5	#908
1881	5	#830

Nicknames for Jemima

Jem 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Mima

Names like Jemima

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Jemima

Jemimah

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