girls:
22.7k births since 1904
#948 (83rd percentile)
overall:
22.7k births since 1904
#1682 (78th percentile)
The name Gemma is the #1,682 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22,697 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 78.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #948 (83.4% percentile) for all time with 22,697 births since 1904.
Gemma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (first recorded for girls in 1904). Birth data for Gemma is available in 119 out of the 120 years between 1904 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Gemma reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 82.0% percentile (ranked #171) with 943 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 943 births per million (ranked 82.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1985, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Gemma is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #171 (82.0% percentile) with 943 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Gemma".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Gemma is pronounced as JEH-muh, which has 2 syllables.
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