Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Gema

#3,507 most common girls' name of all time · #5,987 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among girls
#3,507
Rank overall
#5,987 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,919
Since 2016
887
Peak year
2022 #1,682
Best rank
#1,590 1999
Girls Boys peak 125/yr
1960198020002020

Gema first appears in 1959. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 96 — 96 #1,994
2024 117 — 117 #1,738
2023 122 — 122 #1,695
2022 125 — 125 #1,682
2021 89 — 89 #2,129
2020 82 — 82 #2,204
2019 57 — 57 #2,905
2018 62 — 62 #2,758
2017 82 — 82 #2,274
2016 55 — 55 #3,024
2015 76 — 76 #2,418
2014 61 — 61 #2,820
2013 55 — 55 #3,025
2012 67 — 67 #2,661
2011 59 — 59 #2,922
2010 63 — 63 #2,788
2009 62 — 62 #2,840
2008 67 — 67 #2,729
2007 66 — 66 #2,765
2006 57 — 57 #2,992
2005 60 — 60 #2,765
2004 47 — 47 #3,240
2003 86 — 86 #2,071
2002 85 — 85 #2,040
2001 85 — 85 #2,005
2000 66 — 66 #2,350
1999 106 — 106 #1,590
1998 86 — 86 #1,807
1997 40 — 40 #3,000
1996 71 — 71 #1,988
1995 87 — 87 #1,694
1994 47 — 47 #2,636
1993 49 — 49 #2,553
1992 41 — 41 #2,892
1991 44 — 44 #2,723
1990 41 — 41 #2,829
1989 38 — 38 #2,907
1988 25 — 25 #3,749
1987 22 — 22 #3,922
1986 16 — 16 #4,832
1985 21 — 21 #3,941
1984 7 — 7 #8,495
1983 13 — 13 #5,301
1982 9 — 9 #7,134
1981 15 — 15 #4,851
1980 18 — 18 #4,241
1979 12 — 12 #5,584
1978 13 — 13 #5,086
1977 9 — 9 #6,586
1976 9 — 9 #6,332
1975 8 — 8 #6,807
1974 12 — 12 #4,920
1973 7 — 7 #7,062
1972 13 — 13 #4,455
1971 7 — 7 #7,051
1970 11 — 11 #4,967
1969 10 — 10 #4,965
1968 6 — 6 #6,727
1967 7 — 7 #5,880
1966 5 — 5 #7,261
1965 11 — 11 #4,178
1964 5 — 5 #7,484
1962 8 — 8 #5,248
1961 9 — 9 #4,859
1959 12 — 12 #3,826