How Many People Are Named Jem?
people named Jem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,046,615 people in the US has this name
Based on 171 babies named Jem in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of JEREMY (and formerly of JAMES).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Jem in English. Counting Jem and these spellings together, about 273 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Jem, 63.2% were girls and 36.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jem alive today is about 20 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jem first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 2021, to 14 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jem has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #6,491, in 1987. In 2025 it ranked #15,936. Among boys, its best rank was #4,320, in 1963.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #15,936 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #6,491 (1987) | #4,320 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13,552 in the 2020s | #12,700 in the 2020s |
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