Jem
Boy · JEM · Hebrew
Jem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Jem mean?
Hebrew: short form of James, Jeremy or Jemima
Jem Finch, the narrator's brother in To Kill a Mockingbird, is really named Jeremy.
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Is Jem a girl's or a boy's name?
Jem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Jem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Jem, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Jem or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Jem 10
- Cem 6
In 2014, 8% of the babies named Jem in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Jem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,031 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,131 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,054 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Jem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Jem, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 1987, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the girls named Jem in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
Names like Jem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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