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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994girlsat 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.

Where Emerson is popular in 1994

No state had 5 or more girls named Emerson in 1994, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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
all girlsall boys
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 1994

girls
#6,319
14 births · 1 in 127,554 girls
boys
#1,053
112 births · 1 in 17,250 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #6,319Emerson14

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,053Emerson112
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 127,554 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 59.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emerson
  1. #5,984Zoee15
  2. #5,984Zola15
  3. #5,984Zora15
  4. #6,319Emerson14
  5. #6,319Abegail14
  6. #6,319Adaline14
  7. #6,319Adelia14
  8. #6,672Aalayah13
  9. #6,672Aarti13
  10. #6,672Abbigayle13

Tied with 352 names at #6,319; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 17,250 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 89.7% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emerson
  1. #1,048Mariano113
  2. #1,048Tarik113
  3. #1,048Theron113
  4. #1,053Emerson112
  5. #1,053Chauncey112
  6. #1,053Ken112
  7. #1,053Marlin112
  8. #1,059Deontae111
  9. #1,059Dustyn111
  10. #1,059Robbie111

Tied with 5 names at #1,053; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →