Emerson

#122 for girls in 2025, 2,241 births · #254 for boys in 2025, 1,371 births
Given to girls 50.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
#122
2025 · 2,241 births
Debut · girls
1993
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
34,050
since 1993

Emerson over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1222,241#2541,371
2024#1511,971#2701,276
2023#1611,774#2681,261
2022#1691,724#2741,269
2021#1681,743#2771,239
2020#1551,793#2681,276
2019#1521,865#2691,344
2018#1431,948#2841,242
2017#1501,978#2761,322
2016#1611,962#2951,226
2015#1801,798#3001,203
2014#1961,683#3241,056
2013#2111,525#331979
2012#2451,313#363838
2011#2751,151#387737
2010#3161,010#430636
2009#3231,017#437639
2008#2901,165#472585
2007#3121,080#493537
2006#3071,069#538469
2005#443683#585387
2004#903268#717267
2003#764324#709264
2002#832280#774223
2001#1,141183#762225
2000#1,369136#911170
1999#1,283143#896168
1998#1,242146#867167
1997#5,01020#1,065119
1996#5,77116#985127
1995#5,67716#943139
1994#6,31914#1,053112
1993#7,49811#942130
1992—#987119
1991—#1,046106
1990—#904130
1989—#967111
1988—#99495
1987—#1,02386
1986—#914100
1985—#97587
1984—#93189
1983—#1,01676
1982—#1,05075
1981—#1,07372
1980—#1,10367
1979—#1,02874
1978—#1,01173
1977—#1,04768
1976—#94278
1975—#1,00766
1974—#1,09956
1973—#99266
1972—#99366
1971—#1,02663
1970—#95970
1969—#1,01757
1968—#89864
1967—#86768
1966—#88367
1965—#85474
1964—#80688
1963—#80389
1962—#80289
1961—#89074
1960—#80889
1959—#81787
1958—#85079
1957—#78093
1956—#79288
1955—#82579
1954—#666117
1953—#707101
1952—#75188
1951—#661112
1950—#679102
1949—#634116
1948—#647109
1947—#638116
1946—#65497
1945—#66482
1944—#604103
1943—#592115
1942—#575116
1941—#566113
1940—#520125
1939—#58796
1938—#529121
1937—#539116
1936—#549108
1935—#548110
1934—#508130
1933—#512121
1932—#481141
1931—#518124
1930—#455171
1929—#520127
1928—#435188
1927—#448186
1926—#441187
1925—#394231
1924—#378249
1923—#402222
1922—#378254
1921—#395236
1920—#373259
1919—#349264
1918—#346273
1917—#371229
1916—#361225
1915—#354229
1914—#370164
1913—#404114
1912—#302142
1911—#35759
1910—#35352
1909—#37141
1908—#42232
1907—#33141
1906—#41128
1905—#33736
1904—#36830
1903—#38126
1902—#37328
1901—#37125
1900—#38234
1899—#42419
1898—#39425
1897—#58413
1896—#43820
1895—#42621
1894—#38723
1893—#40120
1892—#44519
1891—#37721
1890—#53313
1889—#37922
1888—#44218
1887—#42016
1886—#43117
1885—#43917
1884—#48815
1883—#38120
1882—#46915
1881—#37520
1880—#34125
First appearance
1993

The first year at least five girls were named Emerson! It came in at #7,498, and was given to 11 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1993–1996, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.

See more about Emerson
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 29 spots since 2024 (#151 → #122)
  • 33 spots since 2020 (#155 → #122)
  • 58 spots since 2015 (#180 → #122)
  • Biggest jump: 460 spots in 2005 (#903 → #443)
  • Biggest drop: 139 spots in 2004 (#764 → #903)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1993
  • Peaked 2025 at #122 (2,241 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 717
  • Highest: 1 in 717 girls born in 2025 were named Emerson (0.14%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 47.7% of all girls named Emerson (16,233) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2002
  • Mostly boys until 2001, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s366#1,242 (1998)#4,686
2000s6,205#290 (2008)#668
2010s16,233#143 (2018)#203
2020s11,246#122 (2025)#154

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.

Emerson in 1987

boys
#1,023
86 births · 1 in 21,709 boys

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #1,023Emerson86
More about 1987

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 21,709 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 87.5% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emerson
  1. #1,016Martez87
  2. #1,016Nathen87
  3. #1,016Reese87
  4. #1,023Emerson86
  5. #1,023Alexandro86
  6. #1,023Benton86
  7. #1,023Emery86
  8. #1,030Carmen85
  9. #1,030Christina85
  10. #1,030Corwin85

Tied with 6 names at #1,023; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

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

See the top 100 for 1987 →