Jem**
#19,739 most common girls' name of all time · #32,262 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1963–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#19,739
Rank overall
#32,262 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
171
Since 2016
71
Peak year
2021 #15,693
Best rank
#6,553 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 14/yr
Jem first appears in 1963. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,289 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,796 |
| 2023 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #15,622 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #13,887 |
| 2021 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #15,693 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,502 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #14,449 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2015 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,252 |
| 2014 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,899 |
| 2009 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,704 |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,949 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,750 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,568 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,335 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,981 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,553 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,535 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | — |