Gemma
Girl · JEM-a · Italian
Gemma is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “gem, jewel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 170th for girls in the US (1,805 babies).
What does Gemma mean?
Italian: from Latin gemma, via Italian
“gem, jewel”
Italian for gem or precious stone; Dante's wife was Gemma Donati.
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Is Gemma a girl's or a boy's name?
Gemma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 1,805 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gemma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Gemma, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 1,425 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Gemma since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Gemma in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#3) and 1994 (#36).
Gemma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 25 | #1,396 |
| 2016 | 45 | #901 |
| 2015 | 55 | #771 |
| 2014 | 54 | #779 |
| 2013 | 48 | #848 |
| 2012 | 102 | #477 |
| 2011 | 125 | #403 |
| 2010 | 168 | #304 |
| 2009 | 202 | #265 |
| 2008 | 289 | #205 |
| 2007 | 336 | #181 |
| 2006 | 383 | #158 |
| 2005 | 416 | #142 |
| 2004 | 552 | #108 |
| 2003 | 570 | #102 |
| 2002 | 544 | #103 |
| 2001 | 662 | #85 |
| 2000 | 792 | #75 |
| 1999 | 919 | #66 |
| 1998 | 1,103 | #58 |
| 1997 | 1,280 | #51 |
| 1996 | 1,425 | #49 |
How popular is Gemma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #170among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,805about 1 in 890 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,805 girls in the US were named Gemma, making it the 170th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 208th. It first appears in the records in 1904.
2025 had the most girls named Gemma of any year since it first appeared, in 1904.
Half of all the girls named Gemma in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gemma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,805 | #170 |
| 2024 | 1,517 | #203 |
| 2023 | 1,655 | #176 |
| 2022 | 1,509 | #197 |
| 2021 | 1,554 | #190 |
| 2020 | 1,388 | #208 |
| 2019 | 1,526 | #198 |
| 2018 | 1,384 | #227 |
| 2017 | 1,254 | #255 |
| 2016 | 1,274 | #247 |
| 2015 | 1,174 | #269 |
| 2014 | 1,219 | #272 |
| 2013 | 1,026 | #316 |
| 2012 | 1,017 | #319 |
| 2011 | 910 | #352 |
| 2010 | 683 | #450 |
| 2009 | 542 | #563 |
| 2008 | 314 | #886 |
| 2007 | 218 | #1,166 |
| 2006 | 210 | #1,157 |
| 2005 | 201 | #1,154 |
| 2004 | 147 | #1,412 |
| 2003 | 154 | #1,327 |
| 2002 | 175 | #1,174 |
| 2001 | 155 | #1,265 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,646 |
| 1999 | 140 | #1,296 |
| 1998 | 111 | #1,518 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,924 |
| 1996 | 69 | #2,012 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 1993 | 81 | #1,797 |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,234 |
| 1991 | 56 | #2,285 |
| 1990 | 62 | #2,096 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 56 | #1,990 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,529 |
| 1980 | 46 | #2,189 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,477 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,838 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,801 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 45 | #1,714 |
| 1962 | 28 | #2,263 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,924 |
| 1959 | 45 | #1,616 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,716 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,239 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,780 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,432 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 14 | #2,153 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,051 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 16 | #2,109 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,075 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,598 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1919 | 24 | #1,649 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,402 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,303 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
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