Gemma Girl
How popular is Gemma?
#170 girl name in 2025
1,805 baby girls were named Gemma in the US in 2025, making it the 170th most popular girl name.
Gemma popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #170 for girls (▲ 33 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,805 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #269 in 2015, #208 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,805 girls) |
| Highest rank | #170 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1904 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Gemma counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Gemma family of names ranked #180 for girls in 2025 (#207 the year before), with 1,901 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma | 1,805 | 95% |
| Gema | 96 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Gemma is most popular
Babies named Gemma per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 2.9 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Maine: 2.2 per 1,000 (34 girls)
- Nebraska: 2.2 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- Connecticut: 2.1 per 1,000 (123 girls)
- Utah: 2.0 per 1,000 (170 girls)
Gemma by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 36 | #1,219 |
| 1910s | 190 | #1,303 |
| 1920s | 213 | #1,470 |
| 1930s | 138 | #1,749 |
| 1940s | 198 | #1,472 |
| 1950s | 313 | #1,432 |
| 1960s | 300 | #1,714 |
| 1970s | 274 | #2,477 |
| 1980s | 432 | #1,990 |
| 1990s | 830 | #1,296 |
| 2000s | 2,223 | #563 |
| 2010s | 11,467 | #198 |
| 2020s | 9,428 | #170 |
Girl names about as popular as Gemma
Questions
- Is Gemma a boy or girl name?
- Gemma is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Gemma were girls.
- How popular is the name Gemma?
- 1,805 baby girls were named Gemma in the US in 2025, making it the 170th most popular girl name.
- When was Gemma most popular?
- Gemma peaked in 2025, when 1,805 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #170 in 2025.
- How many people are named Gemma?
- 26,042 babies have been named Gemma in the US since 1880. We estimate about 25,200 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Gemma most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Gemma was most common in District of Columbia, at 2.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.