Girls' name · since 1915
Jemma
Jemma has 8,002 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #866 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,002
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jemma is the #866 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 8,002 recorded since 1915.
Jemma has 8,002 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #866 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #1,912 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #866 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,002 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jemma ranks #1,912 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #866 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,002 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,912 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #866 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,002
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Jemma's 8,002 recorded births place it above 97.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Jemma compares
8,002 Top 11% higher than 89% of 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
Jemma's all-time total is 21x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jemma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,002 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 594 | 21 | 19,840 |
Jemma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jemma's full recorded timeline at 1994, 97% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 3% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 594 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jemma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 594
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Jemma by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (4,460 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Jemma's strongest decade.
4,460 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Jemma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 27
1910s
27 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1970s 61
1970s
61 births
- 1980s 115
1980s
115 births
- 1990s 197
1990s
197 births
- 2000s 625
2000s
625 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,460 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,494 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 4,460 births (56% of all-time use).
How Jemma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Jemma's total volume
Jemma by state
Where Jemma concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 764 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 613 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 384 | 4.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 361 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 341 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 301 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 254 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 228 | 2.8% |
764 of 8,002 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Jemma appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Jemma's data
- Jemma's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (4,460 total births) through the 2020s (2,494) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Jemmas (764 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Jemma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Jemma 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.