Gema — #1731 US girls' name
2,823 babies named Gema in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Gema was born in this single decade.
125 babies were named Gema in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gema
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,823 babies named Gema between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gema currently holds the #1731 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 125 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gema performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 681 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Gema shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,015 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Gema in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gema 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 2,823 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.
Gema at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1959
- Peak year (2022)
- 125
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
Currently ranks #1731 among girls.
2,823 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 125 births in a single year.
Gema by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 681 births that decade — 24% of Gema's all-time total
Gema decade highlights
- Peak decade 681 births
- Runner-up 637 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Gema's strongest decade
681 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Gema by state
Where Gema concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,015 | 36.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 492 | 17.4% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 86 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 40 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 35 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 14 | 0.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 11 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 10 | 0.4% |
1,015 of 2,823 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 36.0% of nationwide
- Texas 17.4% of nationwide
- Arizona 3.0% of nationwide
- Florida 1.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 36.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Gema appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1959–2024 (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.