# Hema (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hema/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “gold” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 170 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 170 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 119, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हेमा (hemā, “gold”).

## What it means

Hema is grouped under gold.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8 | 9,908 |
| 1995 | 8 | 9,899 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,651 |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,576 |
| 1999 | 6 | 13,272 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,256 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14,240 |
| 2003 | 6 | 14,517 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,023 |
| 2007 | 10 | 11,132 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,033 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10,963 |
| 2011 | 6 | 15,521 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,103 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,766 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.