Emerald
#741 for girls in 2025, 367 births · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to girls 94.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 397 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,518since 1904
Emerald over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #741 | 367 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #708 | 397 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #745 | 377 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #767 | 373 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #904 | 299 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #953 | 268 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #967 | 271 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #1,026 | 252 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #975 | 269 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #1,125 | 225 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #1,247 | 196 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,139 | 220 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #1,281 | 184 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #1,523 | 145 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #1,671 | 126 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,696 | 124 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,444 | 161 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,589 | 143 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #1,489 | 155 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,335 | 174 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #1,265 | 177 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #1,249 | 174 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,160 | 186 | — | |
| 2002 | #995 | 221 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #961 | 226 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #966 | 219 | — | |
| 1999 | #905 | 233 | — | |
| 1998 | #812 | 262 | — | |
| 1997 | #930 | 213 | — | |
| 1996 | #843 | 236 | — | |
| 1995 | #853 | 229 | — | |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 | — | |
| 1993 | #943 | 200 | — | |
| 1992 | #917 | 213 | — | |
| 1991 | #962 | 196 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,088 | 162 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,057 | 161 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,118 | 137 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #1,257 | 112 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,439 | 87 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,368 | 86 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
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| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Emerald! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Emerald
- 33 spots since 2024 (#708 → #741)
- 212 spots since 2020 (#953 → #741)
- 506 spots since 2015 (#1,247 → #741)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1994 (#943 → #766)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 2003 (#995 → #1,160)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 2024 at #708 (397 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1991–2002
- Highest: 1 in 4,081 girls born in 2024 were named Emerald (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,379 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Emerald (2,212) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1960, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | #1,763 (1909) | #1,857 |
| 1910s | 82 | #2,144 (1912) | #2,470 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,731 (1920) | #3,536 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,901 (1932) | #4,060 |
| 1940s | 29 | #4,007 (1947) | #4,497 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,493 (1956) | #4,704 |
| 1960s | 42 | #4,539 (1963) | #5,580 |
| 1970s | 152 | #2,304 (1979) | #5,253 |
| 1980s | 935 | #1,057 (1989) | #1,485 |
| 1990s | 2,212 | #766 (1994) | #902 |
| 2000s | 1,836 | #961 (2001) | #1,245 |
| 2010s | 2,012 | #967 (2019) | #1,265 |
| 2020s | 2,081 | #708 (2024) | #803 |
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.
Emerald in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 6,418 of them was named Emerald, which outranked 94.7% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #972Adilynn270
- #972Egypt270
- #972Ellison270
- #975Emerald269
- #975Caylee269
- #977Micah268
- #978Aranza267
- #978Florence267
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 132,211 of them was named Emerald, which outranked 57.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,788Ziah15
- #5,788Zyhir15
- #5,788Zyron15
- #6,060Emerald14
- #6,060Aarion14
- #6,060Abanoub14
- #6,060Abdulkareem14
- #6,338Aadhvik13
- #6,338Abdi13
- #6,338Abhi13
Tied with 277 names at #6,060; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.