first name
GEMMA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,024 people named Gemma, 61.6% reported their origin as White, 16.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 12.8% 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.
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Gemma peaked in 2025, when 1,805 babies got the name.
At least 26,042 babies have been given the name since 1904. 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.
Gemma by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #434. The largest share of babies named Gemma, 70.2%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Gemma is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Gemma has been most common in Nevada (2.6×), Utah (2.3×), and Idaho (2.2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.23×).
23,288 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.
Either side of Gemma
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Gemma, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Gemma ranks #32,173 of 156,621, with 768 people. See Gemma as a last name
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