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How popular is “Jemima” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jemima” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jemima” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Jemima” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Jemima” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Jemima” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Jemima” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jemima” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 5 0.000025949 5 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1884 9 0.000036967 9 100%
1885 10 0.000041519 10 100%
1887 9 0.00003638 9 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 10 0.000034883 10 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 13 0.000039973 13 100%
1895 8 0.000022791 8 100%
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 100%
1898 5 0.000013108 5 100%
1900 11 0.00002443 11 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 6 0.000015515 6 100%
1903 5 0.000013116 5 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 100%
1909 8 0.000015649 8 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 8 0.000008097 8 100%
1913 6 0.000005277 6 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 12 0.000006549 12 100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 100%
1917 18 0.00000897 18 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1924 10 0.000004199 10 100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 100%
1928 7 0.000003096 7 100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 100%
1932 8 0.000003789 8 100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1941 6 0.000002463 6 100%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1966 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1967 6 0.000001767 6 100%
1969 5 0.000001439 5 100%
1970 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 5 0.000001657 5 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 13 0.000004305 13 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 13 0.000004093 13 100%
1978 9 0.000002836 9 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1981 10 0.000002891 10 100%
1982 12 0.000003421 12 100%
1983 10 0.000002887 10 100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 100%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 9 0.000002496 9 100%
1988 17 0.000004601 17 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 17 0.000004364 17 100%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 18 0.000004915 18 100%
1996 29 0.000007951 29 100%
1997 14 0.000003861 14 100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 100%
1999 29 0.000007851 29 100%
2000 26 0.000006878 26 100%
2001 24 0.000006411 24 100%
2002 24 0.00000642 24 100%
2003 34 0.000008942 34 100%
2004 32 0.000008375 32 100%
2005 29 0.000007543 29 100%
2006 36 0.0000091 36 100%
2007 43 0.000010756 43 100%
2008 33 0.000008396 33 100%
2009 51 0.00001335 51 100%
2010 34 0.0000092 34 100%
2011 40 0.000010936 40 100%
2012 42 0.000011484 42 100%
2013 44 0.000012069 44 100%
2014 55 0.000014839 55 100%
2015 35 0.000009457 35 100%
2016 44 0.000011993 44 100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 100%
2018 64 0.000018203 64 100%
2019 46 0.000013253 46 100%
2020 34 0.000010178 34 100%
2021 40 0.000011807 40 100%
2022 54 0.000015962 54 100%
2023 61 0.000018422 61 100%
2024 54 0.000016224 54 100%

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