Unisex name · since 1986
Jem
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 107 babies named Jem, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,513 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jem currently ranks #15513 among unisex names in America, with 107 babies recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jem has been recorded 107 times among girls since 1986, currently ranked #15513 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #26,382 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,513 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 107 born since 1986
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jem ranks #26,382 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,513 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 107 born since 1986, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,382 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,513 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 107
- born since 1986
- 2020s
- peak decade
Jem's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Jem compares
107 26th 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
Jem's all-time total is 72% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jem | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 107 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jem's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jem popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (1987)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Jem popularity over time - boys
64 total births recorded since 1963 (Jem as boys' name)
Jem by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 30% of the file).
2020s was Jem's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Jem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (30% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Jem 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.