Jamesha

Last seen for girls in 2017 at #10,689

Peak · girls
1994 · 151 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,274
since 1974

Jamesha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Jamesha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #1,170, 1994girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2017#10,6899
2016#10,8599
2015#8,44713
2014#8,48513
2013#8,13514
2012#7,45616
2011#9,15012
2010#6,38220
2009#4,80530
2008#5,57425
2007#3,65344
2006#4,26534
2005#3,64640
2004#2,58964
2003#2,52264
2002#2,58260
2001#1,88792
2000#2,12276
1999#1,502114
1998#1,620100
1997#1,368125
1996#1,215146
1995#1,265133
1994#1,170151
1993#1,318127
1992#1,523103
1991#1,240137
1990#1,468106
1989#1,98164
1988#1,80269
1987#2,91533
1986#2,90332
1985#3,08429
1984#2,85131
1983#3,15126
1982#3,17227
1981#4,00519
1980#4,51716
1979#8,0617
1978#5,21412
1977#6,3409
1976#6,6118
1975#5,9849
1974#7,6806
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five girls were named Jamesha! It came in at #7,680, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Jamesha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 1994 at #1,170 (151 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,826
  • Highest: 1 in 11,826 girls born in 1994 were named Jamesha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 191,829 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 54.6% of all girls named Jamesha (1,242) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s51#5,214 (1978)#6,648
1980s346#1,802 (1988)#3,038
1990s1,242#1,170 (1994)#1,369
2000s529#1,887 (2001)#3,365
2010s106#6,382 (2010)#8,700

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Jamesha in 1997

girls
#1,368
125 births · 1 in 13,926 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #1,368Jamesha125
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 13,926 of them was named Jamesha, which outranked 91.5% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Jamesha
  1. #1,362Jourdan126
  2. #1,362Marjorie126
  3. #1,362Marlen126
  4. #1,368Jamesha125
  5. #1,368Aiyana125
  6. #1,368Alea125
  7. #1,368Debbie125
  8. #1,377Bertha124
  9. #1,377Dahlia124
  10. #1,377Desire124

Tied with 8 names at #1,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. 9,582Yulisa#10,567#985
  2. 3,882Yulissa#4,306#424
  3. 2,634Tea#3,429#795
  4. 2,046Taya#2,901#855
  5. 1,202Julisa#1,930#728
Fallers
  1. 931Yamilex#707#1,638
  2. 477Suzette#998#1,475
  3. 457Chynna#834#1,291
  4. 396Moesha#547#943
  5. 377Daijah#975#1,352

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1997