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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,241 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 34,050since 1993
Emerson 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 | #122 | 2,241 | #254 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | #151 | 1,971 | #270 | 1,276 |
| 2023 | #161 | 1,774 | #268 | 1,261 |
| 2022 | #169 | 1,724 | #274 | 1,269 |
| 2021 | #168 | 1,743 | #277 | 1,239 |
| 2020 | #155 | 1,793 | #268 | 1,276 |
| 2019 | #152 | 1,865 | #269 | 1,344 |
| 2018 | #143 | 1,948 | #284 | 1,242 |
| 2017 | #150 | 1,978 | #276 | 1,322 |
| 2016 | #161 | 1,962 | #295 | 1,226 |
| 2015 | #180 | 1,798 | #300 | 1,203 |
| 2014 | #196 | 1,683 | #324 | 1,056 |
| 2013 | #211 | 1,525 | #331 | 979 |
| 2012 | #245 | 1,313 | #363 | 838 |
| 2011 | #275 | 1,151 | #387 | 737 |
| 2010 | #316 | 1,010 | #430 | 636 |
| 2009 | #323 | 1,017 | #437 | 639 |
| 2008 | #290 | 1,165 | #472 | 585 |
| 2007 | #312 | 1,080 | #493 | 537 |
| 2006 | #307 | 1,069 | #538 | 469 |
| 2005 | #443 | 683 | #585 | 387 |
| 2004 | #903 | 268 | #717 | 267 |
| 2003 | #764 | 324 | #709 | 264 |
| 2002 | #832 | 280 | #774 | 223 |
| 2001 | #1,141 | 183 | #762 | 225 |
| 2000 | #1,369 | 136 | #911 | 170 |
| 1999 | #1,283 | 143 | #896 | 168 |
| 1998 | #1,242 | 146 | #867 | 167 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 | #1,065 | 119 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #985 | 127 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #943 | 139 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #1,053 | 112 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #942 | 130 |
| 1992 | — | #987 | 119 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,046 | 106 | |
| 1990 | — | #904 | 130 | |
| 1989 | — | #967 | 111 | |
| 1988 | — | #994 | 95 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,023 | 86 | |
| 1986 | — | #914 | 100 | |
| 1985 | — | #975 | 87 | |
| 1984 | — | #931 | 89 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,016 | 76 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,050 | 75 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,073 | 72 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,103 | 67 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,028 | 74 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,011 | 73 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,047 | 68 | |
| 1976 | — | #942 | 78 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,007 | 66 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,099 | 56 | |
| 1973 | — | #992 | 66 | |
| 1972 | — | #993 | 66 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,026 | 63 | |
| 1970 | — | #959 | 70 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #898 | 64 | |
| 1967 | — | #867 | 68 | |
| 1966 | — | #883 | 67 | |
| 1965 | — | #854 | 74 | |
| 1964 | — | #806 | 88 | |
| 1963 | — | #803 | 89 | |
| 1962 | — | #802 | 89 | |
| 1961 | — | #890 | 74 | |
| 1960 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1959 | — | #817 | 87 | |
| 1958 | — | #850 | 79 | |
| 1957 | — | #780 | 93 | |
| 1956 | — | #792 | 88 | |
| 1955 | — | #825 | 79 | |
| 1954 | — | #666 | 117 | |
| 1953 | — | #707 | 101 | |
| 1952 | — | #751 | 88 | |
| 1951 | — | #661 | 112 | |
| 1950 | — | #679 | 102 | |
| 1949 | — | #634 | 116 | |
| 1948 | — | #647 | 109 | |
| 1947 | — | #638 | 116 | |
| 1946 | — | #654 | 97 | |
| 1945 | — | #664 | 82 | |
| 1944 | — | #604 | 103 | |
| 1943 | — | #592 | 115 | |
| 1942 | — | #575 | 116 | |
| 1941 | — | #566 | 113 | |
| 1940 | — | #520 | 125 | |
| 1939 | — | #587 | 96 | |
| 1938 | — | #529 | 121 | |
| 1937 | — | #539 | 116 | |
| 1936 | — | #549 | 108 | |
| 1935 | — | #548 | 110 | |
| 1934 | — | #508 | 130 | |
| 1933 | — | #512 | 121 | |
| 1932 | — | #481 | 141 | |
| 1931 | — | #518 | 124 | |
| 1930 | — | #455 | 171 | |
| 1929 | — | #520 | 127 | |
| 1928 | — | #435 | 188 | |
| 1927 | — | #448 | 186 | |
| 1926 | — | #441 | 187 | |
| 1925 | — | #394 | 231 | |
| 1924 | — | #378 | 249 | |
| 1923 | — | #402 | 222 | |
| 1922 | — | #378 | 254 | |
| 1921 | — | #395 | 236 | |
| 1920 | — | #373 | 259 | |
| 1919 | — | #349 | 264 | |
| 1918 | — | #346 | 273 | |
| 1917 | — | #371 | 229 | |
| 1916 | — | #361 | 225 | |
| 1915 | — | #354 | 229 | |
| 1914 | — | #370 | 164 | |
| 1913 | — | #404 | 114 | |
| 1912 | — | #302 | 142 | |
| 1911 | — | #357 | 59 | |
| 1910 | — | #353 | 52 | |
| 1909 | — | #371 | 41 | |
| 1908 | — | #422 | 32 | |
| 1907 | — | #331 | 41 | |
| 1906 | — | #411 | 28 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #381 | 26 | |
| 1902 | — | #373 | 28 | |
| 1901 | — | #371 | 25 | |
| 1900 | — | #382 | 34 | |
| 1899 | — | #424 | 19 | |
| 1898 | — | #394 | 25 | |
| 1897 | — | #584 | 13 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #426 | 21 | |
| 1894 | — | #387 | 23 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #445 | 19 | |
| 1891 | — | #377 | 21 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #442 | 18 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #439 | 17 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #381 | 20 | |
| 1882 | — | #469 | 15 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1993
- Peaked 2025 at #122 (2,241 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 2002–2025
- Highest: 1 in 717 girls born in 2025 were named Emerson (0.14%)
- 47.7% of all girls named Emerson (16,233) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2001, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 366 | #1,242 (1998) | #4,686 |
| 2000s | 6,205 | #290 (2008) | #668 |
| 2010s | 16,233 | #143 (2018) | #203 |
| 2020s | 11,246 | #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 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 109,909 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 64.0% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,439Xochil17
- #5,439Yamilette17
- #5,439Zowie17
- #5,677Emerson16
- #5,677Abeer16
- #5,677Adasia16
- #5,677Adrieanna16
- #5,958Adeja15
- #5,958Adi15
- #5,958Adrionna15
Tied with 280 names at #5,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 13,696 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 90.9% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).