Meaning not yet researched.
Gemma: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,805 in 2025. Its best rank was #170 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Gemma in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#170 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Gemma: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,805 girls in 2025. Peak: #170 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 1,805 (2025).
In 2025, 1,805 US girls were named Gemma, making it the 170th most common girls’ name of the year, up 33 places from #203 in 2024. That is 288 more than the 1,517 girls named Gemma in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #170, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,805. For comparison, it was #269 in 2015 and #1,437 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Gemma in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1904 with 5 babies. In all, 26,042 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 11,467 babies named Gemma.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,866 US girls were named Gemma; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 1,805. In 2025 that was about 1 in 890 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Gemma ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #85 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emma (778,172 babies since 1880), Jewel (46,728 babies since 1880), Jemma (8,002 babies since 1880) and Gema (2,919 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Latin. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0).
No nicknames listed for Gemma in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 31 | #85 | #198 |
| New York | 142 | #105 | #259 |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | #110 | #149 |
| New Jersey | 65 | #116 | #246 |
| Utah | 37 | #117 | #163 |
| Massachusetts | 45 | #117 | #348 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #121 | — |
| Nebraska | 18 | #123 | #454 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #129 | — |
| Colorado | 42 | #129 | #204 |
| Rhode Island | 7 | #131 | — |
| Washington | 51 | #133 | #255 |
| California | 221 | #136 | #341 |
| Minnesota | 37 | #146 | #231 |
| Nevada | 17 | #147 | #333 |
| Illinois | 67 | #148 | #258 |
| Oregon | 24 | #148 | #218 |
| Idaho | 14 | #150 | #100 |
| Michigan | 55 | #154 | #217 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #158 | — |
| Ohio | 66 | #167 | #283 |
| Maryland | 30 | #172 | #400 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #174 | #166 |
| Kansas | 19 | #175 | #240 |
| Arizona | 37 | #179 | #203 |
| Maine | 6 | #185 | — |
| Virginia | 44 | #188 | #330 |
| Florida | 94 | #196 | #363 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #196 | #298 |
| Wisconsin | 28 | #197 | #225 |
| Arkansas | 15 | #202 | #247 |
| Missouri | 30 | #206 | #220 |
| West Virginia | 8 | #214 | — |
| North Carolina | 50 | #217 | #364 |
| Texas | 158 | #217 | #317 |
| Indiana | 32 | #220 | #305 |
| Kentucky | 20 | #227 | #322 |
| Iowa | 15 | #237 | #284 |
| Tennessee | 33 | #241 | #494 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #248 | — |
| South Carolina | 20 | #252 | #376 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #310 | #396 |
| Georgia | 32 | #341 | #515 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #351 | #443 |
| Alabama | 14 | #352 | #428 |
| Oklahoma | 10 | #409 | #290 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,805 | #170 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,517 | #203 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,655 | #176 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,509 | #197 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,554 | #190 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,388 | #208 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,526 | #198 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,384 | #228 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,254 | #255 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,274 | #247 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,174 | #269 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,219 | #272 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,026 | #316 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,017 | #319 | — | — |
| 2011 | 910 | #352 | — | — |
| 2010 | 683 | #451 | — | — |
| 2009 | 542 | #563 | — | — |
| 2008 | 314 | #887 | — | — |
| 2007 | 218 | #1,168 | — | — |
| 2006 | 210 | #1,160 | — | — |
| 2005 | 201 | #1,154 | — | — |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,418 | — | — |
| 2003 | 154 | #1,328 | — | — |
| 2002 | 175 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 2001 | 155 | #1,270 | — | — |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,654 | — | — |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,300 | — | — |
| 1998 | 111 | #1,521 | — | — |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,935 | — | — |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,024 | — | — |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,568 | — | — |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,803 | — | — |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,251 | — | — |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,304 | — | — |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,108 | — | — |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,539 | — | — |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,103 | — | — |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,998 | — | — |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,203 | — | — |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,451 | — | — |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,639 | — | — |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,406 | — | — |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,856 | — | — |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,537 | — | — |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,201 | — | — |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,098 | — | — |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,761 | — | — |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,683 | — | — |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,503 | — | — |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,993 | — | — |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,572 | — | — |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,154 | — | — |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,839 | — | — |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,501 | — | — |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,727 | — | — |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,728 | — | — |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,449 | — | — |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,393 | — | — |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,873 | — | — |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,812 | — | — |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,266 | — | — |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,726 | — | — |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,281 | — | — |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,264 | — | — |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,934 | — | — |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,624 | — | — |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,178 | — | — |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,133 | — | — |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,725 | — | — |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,240 | — | — |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,259 | — | — |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,043 | — | — |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,797 | — | — |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,437 | — | — |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,520 | — | — |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,477 | — | — |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,809 | — | — |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,653 | — | — |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,845 | — | — |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,829 | — | — |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,183 | — | — |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,338 | — | — |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,912 | — | — |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,808 | — | — |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,473 | — | — |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,795 | — | — |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,950 | — | — |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,189 | — | — |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,625 | — | — |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,478 | — | — |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,090 | — | — |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,713 | — | — |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,766 | — | — |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,141 | — | — |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,490 | — | — |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,544 | — | — |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,610 | — | — |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,106 | — | — |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,661 | — | — |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,485 | — | — |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,609 | — | — |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,945 | — | — |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,484 | — | — |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,667 | — | — |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,584 | — | — |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,416 | — | — |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,827 | — | — |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,458 | — | — |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,317 | — | — |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,947 | — | — |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,381 | — | — |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,404 | — | — |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,244 | — | — |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,244 | — | — |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,239 | — | — |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,556 | — | — |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,819 | — | — |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,996 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).