Is Jamisen a boy or girl name?

Jamisen is a unisex name. Of the 584 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 34.1% were girls and 65.9% were boys. It changed hands in 2005, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Jamisen

Recorded 1988–2022 · United States

Jamisen was most popular in 2006, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,950 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 584 people named Jamisen.

Jamisen over time

Births per year. The dot marks Jamisen’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Jamisen a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Jamisen is a unisex name — 34.1% of the 584 Americans given it were girls and 65.9% were boys. It changed hands: since 2005 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 22% girls and 78% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org