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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997girlsat 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 1997

girls
#5,010
20 births · 1 in 87,036 girls
boys
#1,065
119 births · 1 in 15,842 boys

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #5,010Emerson20

Top boys' names in 1997

  1. #1Michael37,562
  2. #2Jacob34,163
  3. #3Matthew31,517
  4. #4Christopher29,108
  5. #5Joshua28,289
  6. #6Nicholas27,258
  7. #7Andrew25,208
  8. #8Brandon25,197
  9. #9Austin25,118
  10. #10Tyler24,879
  11. #1,065Emerson119
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 87,036 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 69.0% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emerson
  1. #4,819Yennifer21
  2. #4,819Zahraa21
  3. #4,819Zaynab21
  4. #5,010Emerson20
  5. #5,010Abi20
  6. #5,010Ailish20
  7. #5,010Alexsia20
  8. #5,228Adyson19
  9. #5,228Ahtziri19
  10. #5,228Alexcis19

Tied with 217 names at #5,010; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

boys

1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 15,842 of them was named Emerson, which outranked 90.2% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emerson
  1. #1,058Stewart120
  2. #1,058Tyreek120
  3. #1,058Tyrus120
  4. #1,065Emerson119
  5. #1,065Dezmond119
  6. #1,065Jawan119
  7. #1,065Keenen119
  8. #1,075Bruno118
  9. #1,075Brycen118
  10. #1,075Courtland118

Tied with 9 names at #1,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,420Jaret#2,145 → #725
  2. ↑ 712Kobe#1,265 → #553
  3. ↑ 580Ronaldo#1,465 → #885
  4. ↑ 420Jarett#1,334 → #914
  5. ↑ 416Gianni#1,093 → #677
Fallers
  1. ↓ 562Shaquille#662 → #1,224
  2. ↓ 373Dalvin#977 → #1,350
  3. ↓ 355Montel#990 → #1,345
  4. ↓ 328Codie#884 → #1,212
  5. ↓ 328Jair#884 → #1,212

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →