Girls' name · since 1976
Hema
170 babies named Hema in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,371 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hema is the #15371 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 170 recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hema has been recorded 170 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #15371 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #21,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,371 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 170 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hema ranks #21,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,371 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 170 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,371 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 170
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Hema's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Hema compares
170 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Hema's all-time total is 55% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hema | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 170 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hema's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Hema by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Hema's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Hema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (31% of all-time use).
Hema by state
Where Hema concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 170 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hema's data
- Hema's decade-level peak was the 1990s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Hemas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Hema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1976–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hema draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.