Hema
Hema is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Tamil
- Kannada
Meaning & Origin of Hema
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hema is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Tamil
- Kannada
The Story of Hema
Hema first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1976, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 10 births, good for #10,817 nationwide. About 32% of every Hema on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Hema last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 165 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Hema
Hema is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 165 births in the dataset. Hema's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #10,817. Use the chart and map above to compare Hema's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.