Jamesina

Girls' name

Feminine form of James

Jamesina has been given to 89 babies in the U.S. since 1945. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1968, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Jamesina, 1974

1 in 608,000

Jamesina over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Jamesina: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of James

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Jamesina means

Jamesina is a feminine form of James.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Jamesina is used in Scottish.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Jamesina → James → James → Iacomus. The family’s meaning is “supplanter, heel-grabber”, recorded in Latin with the source elements Iákōbos.

Origin, language, and formation

Jamesina is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include James.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 89 girls were recorded with the name Jamesina between 1945 and 1974. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1968; its best national rank was #3,869 in 1968.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Jamesina?

Jamesina had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1974, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1974: 1 in 608,000; 5 of 3,039,803 births
Among girls only: 1 in 294,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1974: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 421,407 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Jamesina sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1974 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 421,407 children born in 1974 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Jamesina. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Jamesinas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Jamesina was born before 1963 — so the typical Jamesina is around 62 today.

Median birth year: 1963; About 62 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 67.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 84; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 67.4% of all recorded uses (60).

Is Jamesina rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1968 (13)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 47.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,869; 1968

Spellings of Jamesina

Jamesina is not the most common spelling — Jamesha is, with 29.6% against Jamesina's 1.2%.

Jamesha29.6%2,274
Jameson15.7%1,208
Jameria12.4%953
Jamelia12.1%930
Jamecia10.7%822
Jameshia9.4%725
Jamesia8.7%671
Jamesina1.2%89

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Jamesina around the world

Where Jamesina ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1992–1992
#704
in 1992

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Jamesina by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,869; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 13 that year
First recorded: 1945
Last recorded: 1974
All-time count: 89
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Jamesina

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Jamina Jamerica Vitalina Sosefina Jameriah Jamaiyah Giorgina Jamarria Jamieson Jamillia Emmelina Caralina Stellina Jamiesha Madalina Jamilett Jamyriah Jamariya Jamayah Anyelina Jamisyn Jamoura Jamylah Jamora

Sibling names for Jamesina

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nichelle Aretha Brigette Shelli Shannan Cami Missy Marnie

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Stacey Thad Tracey Deron Douglass Alfonzo

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