Gemma

Girl · recorded 1904–2025

  • #170in 2025
  • 1 in 890girls in 2025
  • +71%last ten years
  • 4.3×in District of Columbia

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 71% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1904

05621,12319041934196519952025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 121 recorded years as a table
Gemma, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190418
190620
190725
190815
190935
191015
191129
191229
191318
191430
191525
191618
191726
191822
191921
192025
192117
192217
192322
192426
192521
192615
192711
192811
192912
193014
193119
193210
193315
193411
193510
193613
193716
19389
193911
194017
19418
194211
194312
19448
194516
19469
19478
194823
194922
195024
195117
195217
195314
195412
195512
195619
195713
195813
195922
196017
196114
196214
196323
196415
196523
196611
196716
196816
196914
197015
197118
197216
197314
197420
197516
197622
197720
197820
197917
198028
198122
198219
198323
198421
198523
198627
198732
198831
198924
199033
199130
199232
199345
199445
199555
199639
199743
199863
199979
200059
200186
200297
200384
200480
2005109
2006110
2007113
2008166
2009295
2010384
2011517
2012577
2013585
2014682
2015658
2016719
2017726
2018814
2019909
2020859
2021947
2022920
20231,031
2024936
20251,123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 4.3×
  2. Nebraska 2.6×
  3. Connecticut 2.3×
  4. Utah 2.1×
  5. Idaho 2.0×

More like it

More like Gemma

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,805
Rank in 2025
#170
How rare
1 in 890 girls
Since 1904
26,042

Most popular in 2025, at 1,123 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 71% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia4.3×29
Nebraska2.6×58
Connecticut2.3×82
Utah2.1×107
Idaho2.0×43

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.