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How popular is “Gemma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Gemma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Gemma” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Gemma” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Gemma” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Gemma” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Gemma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Gemma” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1906 6 0.000014004 6 100%
1907 8 0.00001719 8 100%
1908 5 0.000010232 5 100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 12 0.000018626 12 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 11 0.000009674 11 100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 100%
1915 25 0.000013643 25 100%
1916 19 0.000009822 19 100%
1917 28 0.000013953 28 100%
1918 26 0.000011975 26 100%
1919 24 0.000011373 24 100%
1920 30 0.000013259 30 100%
1921 21 0.000008995 21 100%
1922 20 0.000008737 20 100%
1923 27 0.000011726 27 100%
1924 32 0.000013436 32 100%
1925 26 0.000011143 26 100%
1926 18 0.00000784 18 100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 100%
1928 13 0.00000575 13 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 16 0.000007197 16 100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 100%
1932 11 0.00000521 11 100%
1933 15 0.000007502 15 100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 100%
1935 11 0.000005263 11 100%
1936 14 0.000006739 14 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 100%
1939 12 0.000005446 12 100%
1940 20 0.000008686 20 100%
1941 10 0.000004104 10 100%
1942 15 0.000005491 15 100%
1943 17 0.000006023 17 100%
1944 11 0.000004089 11 100%
1945 21 0.000007916 21 100%
1946 14 0.000004381 14 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 14 100%
1948 39 0.000011296 39 100%
1949 37 0.000010618 37 100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 100%
1951 31 0.000008415 31 100%
1952 31 0.000008162 31 100%
1953 26 0.000006747 26 100%
1954 23 0.000005778 23 100%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 100%
1956 38 0.000009217 38 100%
1957 27 0.000006425 27 100%
1958 27 0.000006531 27 100%
1959 45 0.000010823 45 100%
1960 35 0.000008426 35 100%
1961 28 0.00000676 28 100%
1962 28 0.000006939 28 100%
1963 45 0.000011369 45 100%
1964 29 0.00000746 29 100%
1965 40 0.000011033 40 100%
1966 19 0.000005467 19 100%
1967 26 0.000007659 26 100%
1968 26 0.000007696 26 100%
1969 24 0.000006906 24 100%
1970 26 0.000007209 26 100%
1971 31 0.000009032 31 100%
1972 24 0.000007636 24 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 29 0.000009539 29 100%
1975 24 0.000007949 24 100%
1976 32 0.000010546 32 100%
1977 31 0.000009759 31 100%
1978 30 0.000009452 30 100%
1979 27 0.000008115 27 100%
1980 46 0.000013355 46 100%
1981 37 0.000010696 37 100%
1982 32 0.000009122 32 100%
1983 39 0.000011261 39 100%
1984 35 0.000010032 35 100%
1985 40 0.000011207 40 100%
1986 47 0.000013213 47 100%
1987 56 0.000015531 56 100%
1988 55 0.000014885 55 100%
1989 45 0.000011705 45 100%
1990 62 0.000015686 62 100%
1991 56 0.000014376 56 100%
1992 59 0.000015359 59 100%
1993 81 0.000021484 81 100%
1994 80 0.000021519 80 100%
1995 97 0.000026487 97 100%
1996 69 0.000018919 69 100%
1997 75 0.000020685 75 100%
1998 111 0.000030178 111 100%
1999 140 0.000037901 140 100%
2000 107 0.000028308 107 100%
2001 155 0.000041406 155 100%
2002 175 0.000046813 175 100%
2003 154 0.000040502 154 100%
2004 147 0.000038472 147 100%
2005 201 0.000052278 201 100%
2006 210 0.000053081 210 100%
2007 218 0.000054532 218 100%
2008 314 0.000079885 314 100%
2009 542 0.000141878 542 100%
2010 683 0.000184807 683 100%
2011 910 0.000248784 910 100%
2012 1017 0.000278069 1017 100%
2013 1025 0.000281156 1025 100%
2014 1219 0.000328893 1219 100%
2015 1174 0.000317219 1174 100%
2016 1273 0.00034699 1273 100%
2017 1253 0.000350372 1253 100%
2018 1383 0.000393356 1383 100%
2019 1526 0.000439651 1526 100%
2020 1387 0.000415198 1387 100%
2021 1553 0.000458389 1553 100%
2022 1509 0.000446036 1509 100%
2023 1653 0.000499215 1653 100%
2024 1514 0.000454859 1514 100%

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