Recorded 1999–2014 Girls' name Peak 2014 21 births

Hemma — girls' name

21 babies named Hemma in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s52010s11
2010s
Peak decade

52% of everyone ever named Hemma was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

6 babies were named Hemma in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Hemma

The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Hemma between 1999 and 2014, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hemma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hemma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Hemma shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hemma 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 21 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.

Hemma at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

21

Since 1999

16 years of records

Peak year

2014

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1999

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2014

Hemma popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1999

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2014)
6
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
4.555.566.5 2014201120041999 5

Hemma by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
11 births that decade — 52% of Hemma's all-time total
1990s52000s52010s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hemma?
21 babies have been named Hemma since 1999. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2014 with 6 births.
When was Hemma most popular?
Hemma was most popular in the 2010s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Hemma been used?
Hemma has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 16 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Hemma?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hemen, Hema, Hemi, Hemali, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1999–2014 (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.