Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Jema” in the USA?

Number of people named “Jema” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Jema” 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 “Jema” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Jema” by birth year

This chart shows how “Jema” 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
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1977 5 0.000001574 5 100%
1980 7 0.000002032 7 100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 100%
1985 5 0.000001401 5 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1991 5 0.000001284 5 100%
1993 8 0.000002122 8 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1998 7 0.000001903 7 100%
1999 8 0.000002166 8 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2004 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2005 10 0.000002601 10 100%
2006 12 0.000003033 12 100%
2008 6 0.000001526 6 100%
2009 15 0.000003927 15 100%
2010 22 0.000005953 22 100%
2011 26 0.000007108 26 100%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 100%
2013 19 0.000005212 19 100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 100%
2016 21 0.000005724 21 100%
2017 17 0.000004754 17 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 100%
2021 10 0.000002952 10 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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