Gema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HEH-ma
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,990 for girls
Gema is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “gem, jewel”. In 2025 it ranked 1,990th for girls in the US (96 babies).
What does Gema mean?
Latin: Spanish form of Gemma
“gem, jewel”
Saint Gemma Galgani, an Italian mystic, was canonised in 1940.
Is Gema a girl's or a boy's name?
Gema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 96 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 96about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 96 girls in the US were named Gema, making it the 1,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,196th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 125 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Gema in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 96 | #1,990 |
| 2024 | 117 | #1,732 |
| 2023 | 122 | #1,692 |
| 2022 | 125 | #1,677 |
| 2021 | 89 | #2,119 |
| 2020 | 82 | #2,196 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 82 | #2,268 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,010 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 61 | #2,807 |
| 2013 | 55 | #3,004 |
| 2012 | 67 | #2,654 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,780 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 67 | #2,718 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,750 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 86 | #2,060 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,025 |
| 2001 | 85 | #1,991 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 106 | #1,578 |
| 1998 | 86 | #1,798 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 71 | #1,978 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,680 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 41 | #2,864 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
Names like Gema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gianna Camila Gemma Gia Liliana Viviana Liana Gabriella Zara Luna Jayla Antonella
Names related to Gema
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Gema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gema, updated 20 October 2026.