Jema — #13836 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Jema

The Social Security Administration has registered 400 babies named Jema between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jema currently holds the #13836 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jema performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jema shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jema in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jema 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 400 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.