How Many People Are Named Gemma?
people named Gemma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 13,594 people in the US has this name
Based on 26,042 babies named Gemma in Social Security records from 1904 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,805 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval Italian nickname meaning "gem, precious stone". It was borne by the wife of the 13th-century Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Gemma in English. Counting Gemma and these spellings together, about 33,049 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gemma in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gemma alive today is about 11 years old, and 93% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gemma first appears in the records in 1904, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,805 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1904 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Gemma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #170, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #170.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #170 |
| Best rank | #170 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #273 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gemma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gemma were born in California than in any other state: about 3,333 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gemma was given 1.9 times as often in Idaho, 1.9 times in North Dakota and 1.7 times in Oregon.
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