Ema

#1,348 for girls in 2025, 164 births

Peak · girls
#692
1883 · 8 births
Debut · girls
1883
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,857
since 1883

Ema over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ema has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #692, 1883girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,348164
2024#1,559136
2023#1,430156
2022#1,506144
2021#1,871106
2020#1,510141
2019#1,465150
2018#1,677124
2017#1,655130
2016#1,505151
2015#1,470156
2014#1,515145
2013#1,570137
2012#1,591136
2011#1,415161
2010#1,611134
2009#1,528148
2008#1,521153
2007#1,635136
2006#1,462152
2005#1,539133
2004#1,498134
2003#1,542125
2002#2,10081
2001#2,60058
2000#2,85450
1999#2,99144
1998#2,79847
1997#3,81529
1996#3,83128
1995#3,15236
1994#3,03838
1993#4,25724
1992#4,84920
1991#5,18118
1990#5,28617
1989#5,28616
1988#3,89323
1987#7,3539
1986#5,45913
1985#4,28218
1984#5,22213
1983#4,68615
1982#4,71615
1981#4,74615
1980#5,91211
1979#4,23117
1978#5,95810
1977#7,5677
1976#4,15415
1975#3,51419
1974#3,86316
1973#4,87111
1972#4,79311
1971—
1970#5,8188
1969#5,4568
1968#6,2466
1967#6,8045
1966—
1965#6,5395
1964#4,35510
1963#5,8916
1962—
1961#4,5469
1960#5,6966
1959#5,5666
1958#4,8907
1957#6,0865
1956#5,3256
1955#5,2086
1954#4,6557
1953#3,10613
1952#5,5635
1951#4,3857
1950#3,05212
1949#3,6129
1948#4,2057
1947#3,7069
1946#2,39216
1945#3,3888
1944#3,3788
1943#3,8017
1942#2,81711
1941#3,2528
1940#2,73710
1939#2,59211
1938#2,73010
1937#2,31713
1936#2,8579
1935#2,09515
1934#1,69720
1933#1,83518
1932#1,81719
1931#1,54924
1930#1,70322
1929#1,55525
1928#1,50228
1927#1,55928
1926#1,88321
1925#2,11918
1924#2,30816
1923#1,49030
1922#1,46431
1921#2,94111
1920#1,88921
1919#1,98918
1918#2,67412
1917#2,31614
1916#1,94917
1915#1,57122
1914#1,81814
1913#2,5407
1912#2,3607
1911#2,1916
1910#1,52110
1909#1,9576
1908—
1907—
1906—
1905—
1904#1,2519
1903#1,7925
1902#1,2199
1901—
1900#1,9325
1899#1,3946
1898#1,3797
1897#1,1678
1896#1,4166
1895#1,1239
1894—
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890#1,0997
1889#9508
1888—
1887#73310
1886—
1885#1,0475
1884#9306
1883#6928
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five girls were named Ema! It came in at #692, and was given to 8 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ema
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 211 spots since 2024 (#1,559 → #1,348)
  • 162 spots since 2020 (#1,510 → #1,348)
  • 122 spots since 2015 (#1,470 → #1,348)
  • Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1884 (#692 → #930)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1883 at #692 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1883–1884
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,800
  • Highest: 1 in 9,800 girls born in 2025 were named Ema (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #692 in 1883, was only 1 in 14,040 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 29.3% of all girls named Ema (1,424) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#692 (1883)#870
1890s43#1,099 (1890)#1,263
1900s34#1,219 (1902)#1,630
1910s127#1,521 (1910)#2,093
1920s229#1,464 (1922)#1,871
1930s161#1,549 (1931)#2,119
1940s93#2,392 (1946)#3,329
1950s74#3,052 (1950)#4,784
1960s55#4,355 (1964)#5,692
1970s114#3,514 (1975)#4,974
1980s148#3,893 (1988)#5,156
1990s301#2,798 (1998)#3,920
2000s1,170#1,462 (2006)#1,828
2010s1,424#1,415 (2011)#1,547
2020s847#1,348 (2025)#1,537

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ema in 2016

girls
#1,505
151 births · 1 in 11,735 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #1,505Ema151
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 11,735 of them was named Ema, which outranked 92.0% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ema
  1. #1,496Naima152
  2. #1,496Nariah152
  3. #1,496Nayla152
  4. #1,505Ema151
  5. #1,505Delanie151
  6. #1,505Eunice151
  7. #1,505Leticia151
  8. #1,512Jaclyn150
  9. #1,512Kirsten150
  10. #1,512Lela150

Tied with 6 names at #1,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →