NameTides

Jemma

Jemma was the #862 girls' name in the US in 2025 (313 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Jemma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Jemma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Jemma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears 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 IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#862 (313)#5,927 (3)#780 (3)——#1,429 (17)—
2024#756 (372)#5,892 (3)———#1,077 (24)—
2023#720 (390)#3,219 (7)———#848 (32)—
2022#697 (423)————#964 (27)—
2021#603 (496)#4,634 (4)———#690 (42)—
2020#583 (500)#3,899 (5)———#714 (40)—
2019#565 (541)#4,686 (4)———#854 (32)—
2018#527 (594)#3,985 (5)———#928 (29)—
2017#609 (497)#4,763 (4)———#656 (45)—
2016#612 (490)#2,966 (8)#675 (4)—#661 (5)#702 (42)—
2015#689 (413)#2,328 (11)——#896 (3)#627 (47)—
2014#636 (451)#1,367 (23)#802 (3)—#752 (4)#544 (57)—
2013#663 (431)#2,176 (12)——#894 (3)#568 (53)—
2012#688 (409)#1,483 (21)#815 (3)—#474 (9)#710 (40)—
2011#829 (319)#1,295 (24)—#444 (3)#465 (9)#655 (44)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #527.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Jemma is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,100 to 1 in 6,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Jemma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #611INOhio: #959OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #830CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #442MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #864FL
Jemma (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#1,1819

Jemma (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
JemmaCanadaGirls#1,42917
JemmaEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
JemmaIrelandGirls—too few
JemmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
JemmaNSWGirls—too few
JemmaScotlandGirls#7803
JemmaUSGirls#862313