How rare is the name Jemma?

5,887 people in the United States have the first name Jemma, about 1 in 51,305. It ranks #3,516 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

JEMMA

#3,516

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,887
About
1 in 51,305
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,887 people named Jemma, 69.5% reported their origin as White, 11.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Jemma peaked in 2018, when 594 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
594
In 2025*
313 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,002 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Jemma by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,241. The largest share of babies named Jemma, 73.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#7,48727
1930s#11,9535
1940s#11,5608
1950s#13,00310
1970s#10,88361
1980s#9,163115
1990s#8,145197
2000s#4,624625
2010s#1,2414,460
2020s#1,3332,494
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–962.7%
Generation Z 1997–1222%
2013 and later73.9%

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 Jemma is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Jemma has been most common in Utah (2.7×), Idaho (2.6×), and Washington (2.1×), and least common in Alabama (0.48×).

6,575 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 Jemma

#3,512 Lakshmi · 5,890#3,515 Marilou · 5,888#3,517 Marcello · 5,884#3,518 Khadijah · 5,883

Spelled almost the same

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

#20,564 Jema · 501#25,575 Jemmy · 370#36,405 Jemia · 218

Compare