Gem — #13529 US girls' name
209 babies named Gem in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Gem was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Gem in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gem
The Social Security Administration has registered 209 babies named Gem between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gem currently holds the #13529 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Gem shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 209 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Gem at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gem popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2016)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #13529 among girls.
209 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 14 births in a single year.
Gem popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Gem as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Gem accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Gem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 62 births that decade — 30% of Gem's all-time total
Gem decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Gem's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.