Gemma

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Gemma: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Gemma: Recorded every year since 1964, it reached #17 in 1984, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
159times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#17highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for
43names it appears alongside

What stands out in Gemma's record

Ranked every year since 1964, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 32 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,261 births with the name in 1996, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Appears alongside 43 other names across 6 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#50
1997	#57
1998	#59
1999	#72
2000	#80
2001	#93
2002	#102
2003	#105
2004	#118
2005	#158
2006	#174
2007	#205
2008	#254
2009	#307
2010	#354
2011	#480
2012	#580
2013	#982
2014	#963
2015	#845
2016	#1057
2017	#1568
2018	#1649
2019	#1940
2020	#2300
2021	#1962
2022	#1685
2023	#1959
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1541 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #149 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1982–2008
Highest recorded position: #17 among girls in New Zealand, in 1984 (recorded 1982–2008).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gemma appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 62 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 3,535 births with the name.

Gemma across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Gemma's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#149 (1964)	#36 (1992)	#718 (2025)	62 of 62	3,535 (1964–2025)	165 (1992)
England and Wales · Girls	#50 (1996)	#50 (1996)	#1541 (2024)	29 of 29	8,350 (1996–2024)	1,261 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#73 (1984)	#47 (1991)	#80 (2010)	25 of 27	2,482 (1984–2010)	138 (1991)
New Zealand · Girls	#64 (1982)	#17 (1984)	#60 (2008)	24 of 27	2,120 (1982–2008)	196 (1984)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#35 (1997)	#35 (1997)	#353 (2016)	19 of 20	402 (1997–2016)	68 (1997)

Gemma by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Gemma in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	147	6 of 10	25
1970s	536	10 of 10	54
1980sbusiest	1,120	10 of 10	112
1990s	991	10 of 10	99
2000s	498	10 of 10	50
2010s	211	10 of 10	21
2020s	32	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 112 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1992 and 1993, when recorded births fell by 59, from 165 to 106.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Gemma appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #17 in New Zealand in 1984.

Gemma's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1057	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#845	44	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#982	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#580	73	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#480	89	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#354	128	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#307	150	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#254	192	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#205	251	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#174	303	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#158	322	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#118	450	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#105	462	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#102	446	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#93	545	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#80	664	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#72	762	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#59	919	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#57	1,053	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#50	1,261	High	Verified
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#80	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	96	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	73	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	99	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	female	#94	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	88	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	104	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	103	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#47	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#76	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#65	126	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New Zealand	female	#60	67	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	female	#85	52	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	female	#78	46	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	female	#77	53	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	female	#68	58	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	female	#57	64	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	female	#71	60	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	female	#87	52	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	female	#87	49	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	female	#60	71	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	female	#83	54	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	female	#68	72	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	female	#66	77	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	female	#54	98	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	female	#74	71	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#58	93	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	female	#50	107	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#48	110	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#29	141	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#28	153	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#21	183	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#17	196	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#38	114	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#64	79	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#247	7	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#207	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#237	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#101	24	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#122	18	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#145	14	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#99	20	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#60	32	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#94	22	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#96	21	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#90	23	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#78	26	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#64	33	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#53	49	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#35	68	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	13	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#273	17	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#254	20	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#151	38	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#170	34	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#136	45	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#128	51	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#98	69	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	56	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	35	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	42	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#105	50	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	49	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#101	49	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#97	49	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#92	48	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	53	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	70	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#51	120	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#61	86	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	91	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#54	103	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#56	106	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#36	165	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#58	113	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#85	84	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#79	84	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	103	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	87	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#74	107	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	111	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#50	157	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#78	104	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#67	139	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#70	123	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#84	105	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#82	106	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	91	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#81	101	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	65	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#168	36	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#183	33	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	28	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#188	27	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	26	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	23	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	32	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	29	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#192	17	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#182	19	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#161	25	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#149	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #17, first reached in 1984.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 32 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,261 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1982, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Geir · #2, 73y
Gelila · #2040, 12y
Gene · #255, 37y
Genesis · #1128, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ashley · #17, 62y
Graeme · #18, 60y
Maja · #16, 61y
Audrey · #19, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Ashley · #17, 62y
Isabelle · #17, 59y
Roisin · #17, 62y
Brendan · #16, 62y

Comparisons involving Gemma

Existing comparison pages where Gemma and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Gemma in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Grace vs Gemma
In 1996 they stood at #41 and #50 in England and Wales · Girls, 9 places apart; by 2024 they were #25 and #1541.
Grace · Gemma · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Ella vs Gemma
In 1996 they stood at #56 and #50 in England and Wales · Girls, 6 places apart; by 2024 they were #39 and #1541.
Ella · Gemma · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking
Jasmine vs Gemma
In 1996 they stood at #55 and #50 in England and Wales · Girls, 5 places apart; by 2024 they were #92 and #1541.
Jasmine · Gemma · 29 shared years, 1996–2024 · Started together, ended far apart
See the 2024 England and Wales ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Gemma and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Louise vs Gemma
In New Zealand · Girls, Gemma moved into the top 50 at #17 in 1984 as Louise fell out of it to #52, having been #34 the year before.
Louise · Gemma · 13 shared years, 1982–1994 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1984 New Zealand ranking
Lucy vs Gemma
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Lucy moved into the top 50 at #22 in 1998 as Gemma fell out of it to #53, having been #35 the year before.
Lucy · Gemma · 19 shared years, 1997–2016 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1998 Northern Ireland ranking
Leah vs Gemma
In Northern Ireland · Girls, Leah moved into the top 50 at #30 in 1998 as Gemma fell out of it to #53, having been #35 the year before.
Leah · Gemma · 19 shared years, 1997–2016 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1998 Northern Ireland ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Gemma measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Gemma at its highest position.

Sarah vs Gemma
Both reached their highest recorded position in New Zealand · Girls within 2 years — Sarah #1 in 1982, Gemma #17 in 1984.
Sarah · Gemma · 24 shared years, 1982–2008 · Peaked in the same years
See the 1984 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Gemma was ranked #17 in New Zealand · Girls in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Gemma and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Gemma without appearing here.

Gemma moved ahead of

Jodie Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #2711.
Susan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #883 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #445 and #856.
Audrey Compare
In 2021 they stood at #883 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #502 and #905.
Judith Compare
In 2021 they stood at #883 and #883 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #502 and #905.

Moved ahead of Gemma

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1940 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #1313.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #1286.
Jane Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1685 and #1023.
Eileen Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1649 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #1316.

Moved the opposite way to Gemma

Emma Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 while Emma went from #245 to #28.
Hannah Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 while Hannah went from #91 to #21.
Kate Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 while Kate went from #300 to #52.
Melissa Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 while Melissa went from #372 to #173.

Moved the same way as Gemma

Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 and Audrey from #85 to #885.
Ida Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 and Ida from #372 to #885.
Julia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 and Julia from #42 to #118.
Maria Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Gemma went from #149 to #718 and Maria from #33 to #74.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #17 in New Zealand in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Gemma

Gemma at a glance

What stands out in Gemma's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Gemma across 5 official records

Gemma by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gemma appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Gemma

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Gemma

Gemma and the names beside it

Gemma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gemma

Moved the opposite way to Gemma

Moved the same way as Gemma

Gemma at a glance

What stands out in Gemma's record

Gemma across 5 official records

Gemma by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Gemma appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Gemma

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Gemma

Gemma and the names beside it

Gemma moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Gemma

Moved the opposite way to Gemma

Moved the same way as Gemma