Gemma
Gemma stands at #170 nationally in 2025, and it is climbing. First recorded 1904, best year 2025, 26,042 bearers across the whole run.
What Gemma carries
Gemma · Italian
“gem”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Gemma’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Gemma, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Gemma since 1904
Gemma is at its all-time peak right now: #170 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Gemma is most common
Gemma is most common in Hawaii: 0.33% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. District of Columbia (0.3%) and Rhode Island (0.29%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Gemma
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Greyson
#149 in 2025
Griffin
#222 in 2025
Graham
#120 in 2025
Georgia
#99 in 2025
Grayson
#51 in 2025
Gianna
#33 in 2025
Matias
#170 in 2025
Barrett
#171 in 2025
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About Gemma
Where does Gemma rank right now?
Gemma stands at #170 nationally in 2025, and it is climbing. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1904.
What is the recorded meaning of Gemma?
“gem” is the meaning our source sets down, of Italian origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Gemma?
Nearest by the published recipe: Greyson, Griffin and Graham. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
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