How Many People Are Named Pema?
people named Pema are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,454,403 people in the US has this name
Based on 237 babies named Pema in Social Security records from 2001 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Tibetan form of PADMA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Pema, 94.9% were girls and 5.1% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Pema alive today is about 11 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Pema first appears in the records in 2001 and was given most often in 2017, to 18 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 2001 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Pema has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #7,549, in 2022.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #7,549 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,592 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Pema alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Pema were born in New York than in any other state: about 17 of those alive today.
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