Jamisen
The Story of Jamisen
As a girl name
Jamisen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1997, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 24 births, good for #5,206 nationwide. About 59% of every Jamisen on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Jamisen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 199 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Jamisen on the record books as a boy name in 1988, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 29 Jamisens were born — ranking #3,616 that year. About 44% of every Jamisen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Jamisen ranks #7,677 for boys with 7 births, falling sharply (-41%). All told, over 400 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Jamisen
Jamisen is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 400 births in the dataset. Jamisen's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #3,616. Use the chart and map above to compare Jamisen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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