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How popular is the name Gemma?
Births per year, rank history and how many Gemmas are alive today.
Gemma (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 4 in 2025, ranked 4867th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 10,100 babies were given the name, the 3rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 120,000 babies have been named Gemma, counting all spellings, in England and Wales since the 1970s. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Gemma is one spelling of a name also recorded as Jemma; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Gemma you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Gemmas born in England and Wales are between 37 and 44, and there are at least 120,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 32% chance that at least one of them will be called Gemma.
How many babies are named Gemma each year?
Includes all spellings: Gemma, Jemma. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Gemma spelling rank?
Where does the Jemma spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Gemma most popular?
Gemma peaked in 1984, when around 10,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Gemma?
At least 120,000 people named Gemma in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Gemma?
Most living Gemmas are between 37 and 44; the most common age is about 42.
Is Gemma becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.