# Jem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jem/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 171 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 64 / 107 (63% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 420, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 9 | 7,967 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,408 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,621 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,070 |
| 1994 | 5 | 14,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,023 |
| 2014 | 6 | 15,442 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,631 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,900 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,184 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,299 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,347 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,238 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,229 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,941 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 5 | 4,321 |
| 1969 | 5 | 4,682 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,259 |
| 2002 | 5 | 11,489 |
| 2007 | 6 | 11,566 |
| 2009 | 5 | 13,338 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,104 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,386 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,474 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,491 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,184 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 20 | 1,251 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,266 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Jem

- Jem Mace, British boxer (1831–1910)
- Jem Bayliss, English footballer (1863-1933)

## 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.