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Gemini

#15,694 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Twins

Gemini has been given to 819 babies in the U.S. since 1965. In 2025 it ranked #15,694 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 24 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% girls, 39% boys all-time.

Babies named Gemini, 2025

1 in 663,000

Gemini over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Gemini over time

In 2025, Gemini went to 26% girls and 74% boys.

19652025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Gemini: meaning, origin, and history

Twins

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Gemini means

Gemini means “twins”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 500 girls were recorded with the name Gemini between 1965 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,613 in 1965.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,026 in 2020 to #15,694 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #9,696 in 2015 to #15,694 in 2025.

In the United States, 319 boys were recorded with the name Gemini between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 25 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,052 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,052 in 2020 to #6,232 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,089 in 2015 to #6,232 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Gemini?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 321,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#15,694
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gemini sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gemini. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Geminis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gemini was born before 2009 — so the typical Gemini is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
73.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
500
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (150).

Is Gemini rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−8,660
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−8,668
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,998
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.45×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
20.8%
Peak was 2021 (24)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,613
1965

Spellings of Gemini

Gemini is not the most common spelling — Emani is, with 44.7% against Gemini's 3.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Gemini is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Gemini was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gemini has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Gemini is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Gemini was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gemini has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gemini around the world

Where Gemini ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2013
    #5,742
    in 2013
  • Canada
    2002–2009
    #3,263
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Gemini by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#15,694
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 8,668
Best rank ever
#3,613
1965
Peak year
2021
24 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
500
Count in 2025
5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,232
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,180
Best rank ever
#4,052
2020
Peak year
2020
25 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
319
Count in 2025
14

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gemini

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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