Jemma
Jemma is ranked 758th among girls in 2024 (371 births). Its best rank was 527th, in 2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #758down 36 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3710.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2018594 births
- Best rank
- #527in 2018
- Since 1915
- 7,685people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,685 girls have been named Jemma in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2018, with 594 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 636 → 758).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 58%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Jemma | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 27 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 8 | |
| 1950s | 10 | |
| 1970s | 61 | |
| 1980s | 115 | |
| 1990s | 197 | |
| 2000s | 625 | |
| 2010s | 4,459 | |
| 2020s | 2,178 |
In 2018, its biggest year
Jemma was the 527th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2018 were Emma, Olivia, Ava, Isabella and Sophia. See all of 2018.
Names that rose and fell with Jemma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hartleypeak 2024
- Aubriellepeak 2017
- Hadleighpeak 2016
- Skarlettpeak 2016
- Elliettepeak 2019
- Sparrowpeak 2017
- Hadleypeak 2014
- Adaleighpeak 2020
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.