NameTides

Gemma

Gemma was the #170 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,805 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #220 in Canada.

Gemma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Gemma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Gemma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#170 (1,805)#4,867 (4)#780 (3)—#718 (4)#220 (138)——
2024#203 (1,517)#1,541 (20)——#736 (4)#211 (139)——
2023#176 (1,655)#1,959 (14)——#445 (8)#249 (115)——
2022#197 (1,509)#1,685 (17)——#502 (7)#189 (150)——
2021#190 (1,554)#1,962 (14)——#883 (3)#185 (159)——
2020#208 (1,388)#2,300 (11)——#544 (6)#241 (125)——
2019#198 (1,526)#1,940 (14)——#871 (3)#213 (140)——
2018#227 (1,384)#1,649 (18)#502 (6)—#436 (9)#223 (136)——
2017#255 (1,254)#1,568 (20)#570 (5)—#324 (13)#236 (132)——
2016#247 (1,274)#1,057 (33)#413 (8)#353 (4)#273 (17)#254 (128)——
2015#269 (1,174)#845 (44)#340 (11)—#316 (15)#240 (136)——
2014#272 (1,219)#963 (38)#395 (9)#247 (7)#291 (17)#200 (167)——
2013#316 (1,026)#982 (37)#506 (6)#327 (5)#254 (20)#214 (158)——
2012#319 (1,017)#580 (73)#241 (19)#187 (10)#151 (38)#246 (138)—#81 (66)
2011#352 (910)#480 (89)#169 (27)#207 (9)#170 (34)#309 (107)—#85 (60)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #170.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1904.

How common is it?

about 1 in 890 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 890common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Gemma is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 910 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 790 to 1 in 1,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Gemma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #176MEWisconsin: #195WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #131WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #145MNIllinois: #147ILMichigan: #153MINew York: #104NYMassachusetts: #115MAOregon: #144ORNevada: #141NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #218INOhio: #164OHPennsylvania: #107PANew Jersey: #114NJConnecticut: #84CTRhode Island: #120RICalifornia: #136CAUtah: #116UTColorado: #128CONebraska: #120NEMissouri: #205MOKentucky: #227KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #186VAMaryland: #168MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #172KSArkansas: #198ARTennessee: #237TNNorth Carolina: #216NCSouth Carolina: #244SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #398OKLouisiana: #295LAMississippi: #341MSAlabama: #348ALGeorgia: #340GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #215TXFlorida: #195FL
Gemma (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#17862
Quebec2025#28619

Gemma (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
GemmaCanadaGirls#220138
GemmaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
GemmaIrelandGirls#7184
GemmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
GemmaNSWGirls—too few
GemmaScotlandGirls#7803
GemmaUSGirls#1701,805
GemmaVICGirls—too few