# Jemma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/jemma/  
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 | Italian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,002 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,002 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,184, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 319 | 829 |
| 2012 | 409 | 688 |
| 2013 | 431 | 663 |
| 2014 | 451 | 636 |
| 2015 | 413 | 689 |
| 2016 | 490 | 612 |
| 2017 | 497 | 609 |
| 2018 | 594 | 528 |
| 2019 | 541 | 565 |
| 2020 | 500 | 584 |
| 2021 | 496 | 604 |
| 2022 | 423 | 697 |
| 2023 | 390 | 722 |
| 2024 | 372 | 757 |
| 2025 | 313 | 866 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 39 | 896 |
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Jemma

- Jemma McKenzie-Brown, actress, singer, dancer
- Jemma Lowe, British swimmer
- Jemma Dallender, British actress (1988 – )
- Jemma Simpson, British middle-distance runner
- Jemma Rose, English footballer (born 1992)

## 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.