How rare is the name Gema?

3,972 people in the United States have the first name Gema, about 1 in 76,040. It ranks #4,622 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

GEMA

#4,622

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,972
About
1 in 76,040
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,972 people named Gema, 91.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 5% as White and 1.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Gema peaked in 2022, when 125 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
125
In 2025*
96 ▼23%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,919 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Gema by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #3,442. The largest share of babies named Gema, 37.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#12,23212
1960s#8,30761
1970s#8,238101
1980s#6,707184
1990s#3,737612
2000s#4,371681
2010s#4,761637
2020s#3,442631
Baby boom 1946–641.2%
Generation X 1965–805.4%
Millennials 1981–9618.7%
Generation Z 1997–1237.8%
2013 and later37%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Gema is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gema has been most common in California (5.8×), Arizona (3.9×), and Texas (3.7×), and least common in Illinois (0.4×).

1,768 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Gema

1 other first name also has 3,972 people.

#4,622 Ky · 3,972

Either side of Gema

#4,620 Rong · 3,975#4,620 Ryne · 3,975#4,622 Ky · 3,972#4,624 Adolph · 3,971

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gema, most common first.

#1,651 Gemma · 19,024#2,344 Gena · 10,754#16,909 Gem · 660

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