Jasmine
Pronounced JH AE1 Z M AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1993
- 119 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Jasmine?
Jasmine is a girls' name, and first appears in 1906. It has been given to 348,556 children — the 122nd most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 63% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1993, when 15,079 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Jasmin and Jazmin — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Jasmine and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Jasmin
- Jazmin
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- JH AE1 Z M AH0 N · JH AE1 Z M IH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Jasmine
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Jasmine
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Jasmine?
- Jasmine ranks 122nd among girls' names in US records, with 348,556 births since 1906. Over the past decade it accounts for 27,773.
- Is Jasmine a unisex name?
- No. Jasmine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Jasmine most popular?
- 1993, when 15,079 children were given the name. It has been in use for 119 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Jasmine spelled?
- Jasmin, Jazmin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.