Jema
Girl · Italian
Jema is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Jema mean?
Italian: spelling of Jemma
A female given name from Italian, a spelling variant of Gemma; by folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James/Jem.
Meaning borrowed from Jemma. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jema a girl's or a boy's name?
Jema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jema in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7 girls.
Jema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 2 | #5,211 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Jema in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 girls in the US were named Jema, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more girls named Jema than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Jema in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 335 girls in the US were given Jema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #790, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
- Jemma 313
- Jema 15
- Jemmah 7
Jema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Jema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Ayra Ayla Iqra Rahma Huda Aiza Zainab Hawa Amira
Other spellings of Jema
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