Hema — #13835 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Hema

The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Hema between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hema currently holds the #13835 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hema performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Hema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Hema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hema 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 165 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.