Jemma
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #862 for girls
Jemma is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 862nd for girls in the US (313 babies).
What does Jemma mean?
Italian
A female given name from Italian, a spelling variant of Gemma; by folk etymology also used as a feminine form of James/Jem.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jemma a girl's or a boy's name?
Jemma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 313 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jemma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Jemma, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 556 girls.
Half of all the girls named Jemma 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 5,925th 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 (#56) and 1994 (#99).
Jemma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,430 |
| 2011 | 28 | #1,238 |
| 2010 | 54 | #738 |
| 2009 | 73 | #581 |
| 2008 | 97 | #469 |
| 2007 | 116 | #397 |
| 2006 | 152 | #321 |
| 2005 | 181 | #270 |
| 2004 | 235 | #219 |
| 2003 | 242 | #211 |
| 2002 | 237 | #204 |
| 2001 | 300 | #163 |
| 2000 | 302 | #166 |
| 1999 | 335 | #156 |
| 1998 | 360 | #143 |
| 1997 | 490 | #115 |
| 1996 | 556 | #96 |
How popular is Jemma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 862nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 313 about 1 in 5,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 313 girls in the US were named Jemma, making it the 862nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 583rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 594 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Jemma than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Jemma in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 335 girls in the US were given Jemma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #790, up from #862 for this spelling alone.
- Jemma 313
- Jema 15
- Jemmah 7
Jemma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 313 | #862 |
| 2024 | 372 | #756 |
| 2023 | 390 | #720 |
| 2022 | 423 | #697 |
| 2021 | 496 | #603 |
| 2020 | 500 | #583 |
| 2019 | 541 | #565 |
| 2018 | 594 | #527 |
| 2017 | 497 | #609 |
| 2016 | 490 | #612 |
| 2015 | 413 | #689 |
| 2014 | 451 | #636 |
| 2013 | 431 | #663 |
| 2012 | 409 | #688 |
| 2011 | 319 | #829 |
| 2010 | 315 | #851 |
| 2009 | 216 | #1,163 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,135 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 37 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,494 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Names like Jemma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Ayra, Huda, Zainab, Faiza, Aiza, Ayla, Hawa, Salma
Other spellings of Jemma
Names related to Jemma
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Jemma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jemma, updated 20 October 2026.