Emma
#3 for girls in 2025, 12,754 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 20,970 births
- Debut · girls
- 2,003 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 95 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 776,439since 1880
Emma over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #3 | 12,754 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #2 | 13,524 | #5,443 | 17 |
| 2023 | #2 | 13,590 | #5,470 | 17 |
| 2022 | #2 | 14,512 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #2 | 15,549 | #6,032 | 14 |
| 2020 | #2 | 15,723 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #2 | 17,226 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #1 | 18,824 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #1 | 19,873 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #1 | 19,550 | #5,124 | 18 |
| 2015 | #1 | 20,487 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #1 | 20,970 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #2 | 20,973 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #2 | 20,976 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #3 | 18,825 | #3,306 | 33 |
| 2010 | #3 | 17,366 | #5,251 | 17 |
| 2009 | #2 | 17,910 | #4,748 | 20 |
| 2008 | #1 | 18,830 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #3 | 18,390 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #2 | 19,133 | #4,223 | 22 |
| 2005 | #2 | 20,362 | #2,902 | 36 |
| 2004 | #2 | 21,625 | #1,394 | 102 |
| 2003 | #2 | 22,719 | #2,674 | 37 |
| 2002 | #4 | 16,558 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #13 | 13,327 | #5,142 | 14 |
| 2000 | #17 | 12,560 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #17 | 11,751 | #4,162 | 17 |
| 1998 | #22 | 10,451 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #36 | 7,749 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #53 | 6,151 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #67 | 5,050 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #74 | 4,765 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #80 | 4,108 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #104 | 3,212 | — | |
| 1991 | #123 | 2,595 | — | |
| 1990 | #130 | 2,420 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #149 | 1,938 | #3,205 | 18 |
| 1988 | #160 | 1,795 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #175 | 1,589 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #209 | 1,259 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #263 | 947 | — | |
| 1984 | #341 | 678 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #398 | 551 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #410 | 560 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #412 | 534 | — | |
| 1980 | #416 | 530 | — | |
| 1979 | #428 | 488 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #450 | 442 | — | |
| 1977 | #423 | 479 | — | |
| 1976 | #463 | 414 | — | |
| 1975 | #422 | 477 | — | |
| 1974 | #408 | 490 | — | |
| 1973 | #447 | 419 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #428 | 453 | — | |
| 1971 | #442 | 474 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #421 | 529 | — | |
| 1969 | #426 | 516 | — | |
| 1968 | #426 | 494 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #385 | 564 | — | |
| 1966 | #364 | 619 | — | |
| 1965 | #359 | 640 | — | |
| 1964 | #343 | 770 | — | |
| 1963 | #352 | 724 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #331 | 798 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #307 | 892 | — | |
| 1960 | #297 | 976 | — | |
| 1959 | #270 | 1,056 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #266 | 1,084 | — | |
| 1957 | #243 | 1,217 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #226 | 1,340 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #211 | 1,460 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #202 | 1,530 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #195 | 1,590 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #180 | 1,709 | — | |
| 1951 | #174 | 1,731 | — | |
| 1950 | #154 | 1,896 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #147 | 1,999 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #138 | 2,099 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #141 | 2,141 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #131 | 2,070 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #123 | 2,052 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #118 | 2,247 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #114 | 2,422 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #108 | 2,606 | #1,730 | 17 |
| 1941 | #99 | 2,546 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #94 | 2,606 | #1,433 | 22 |
| 1939 | #89 | 2,685 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #96 | 2,670 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | #89 | 2,750 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #85 | 2,831 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #89 | 2,802 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #85 | 2,940 | #1,293 | 27 |
| 1933 | #75 | 3,152 | #1,230 | 29 |
| 1932 | #76 | 3,330 | #1,651 | 19 |
| 1931 | #76 | 3,307 | #1,427 | 24 |
| 1930 | #73 | 3,555 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #69 | 3,803 | #1,523 | 23 |
| 1928 | #67 | 4,017 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #64 | 4,327 | #1,516 | 25 |
| 1926 | #59 | 4,480 | #1,565 | 23 |
| 1925 | #57 | 4,714 | #1,806 | 19 |
| 1924 | #57 | 4,897 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #53 | 4,977 | #1,696 | 21 |
| 1922 | #50 | 5,013 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #52 | 5,072 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #46 | 5,238 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #45 | 5,087 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #46 | 5,324 | #1,767 | 19 |
| 1917 | #46 | 5,121 | #1,986 | 15 |
| 1916 | #41 | 5,217 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #40 | 5,044 | #1,372 | 24 |
| 1914 | #39 | 3,972 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #38 | 3,474 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #35 | 3,357 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #35 | 2,616 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #34 | 2,607 | #729 | 17 |
| 1909 | #34 | 2,338 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #30 | 2,357 | — | |
| 1907 | #27 | 2,356 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #28 | 2,224 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #26 | 2,298 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #22 | 2,312 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #23 | 2,308 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #18 | 2,514 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #17 | 2,374 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #13 | 3,095 | #518 | 21 |
| 1899 | #13 | 2,445 | #661 | 10 |
| 1898 | #13 | 2,788 | #804 | 8 |
| 1897 | #10 | 2,698 | — | |
| 1896 | #10 | 2,872 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #10 | 2,952 | #609 | 12 |
| 1894 | #9 | 2,937 | #521 | 15 |
| 1893 | #9 | 2,968 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | #7 | 3,128 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | #5 | 2,884 | #497 | 13 |
| 1890 | #5 | 2,980 | #458 | 16 |
| 1889 | #5 | 2,884 | #628 | 10 |
| 1888 | #4 | 3,087 | #464 | 17 |
| 1887 | #4 | 2,647 | #461 | 14 |
| 1886 | #3 | 2,764 | #578 | 11 |
| 1885 | #3 | 2,728 | #498 | 14 |
| 1884 | #3 | 2,587 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | #3 | 2,367 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #3 | 2,303 | #754 | 7 |
| 1881 | #3 | 2,034 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | #3 | 2,003 | #600 | 10 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emma was already there! It came in at #3, and was given to 2,003 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1983, when fewer than 620 girls a year got the name.
See more about Emma
- 1 spot since 2024 (#2 → #3)
- 1 spot since 2020 (#2 → #3)
- 2 spots since 2015 (#1 → #3)
- Biggest jump: 78 spots in 1985 (#341 → #263)
- Biggest drop: 41 spots in 1968 (#385 → #426)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2014 at #1 (20,970 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: 42 yrs · run 2002–2025
- Top 100: 95 yrs · run 1880–1941
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 45 girls born in 1881 were named Emma (2.2%)
- Latest: 1 in 126 girls born in 2025 (0.79%)
- Its best rank, #1 in 2014, was only 1 in 85 (1.2%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.1% of all girls named Emma (195,070) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #3 (1886) → #463 (1976) → #1 (2014)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25,404 | #3 (1886) | #3 |
| 1890s | 28,652 | #5 (1890) | #9 |
| 1900s | 24,176 | #13 (1900) | #24 |
| 1910s | 41,819 | #34 (1910) | #40 |
| 1920s | 46,538 | #46 (1920) | #57 |
| 1930s | 30,022 | #73 (1930) | #83 |
| 1940s | 22,788 | #94 (1940) | #121 |
| 1950s | 14,613 | #154 (1950) | #212 |
| 1960s | 6,993 | #297 (1960) | #359 |
| 1970s | 4,665 | #408 (1974) | #433 |
| 1980s | 10,381 | #149 (1989) | #293 |
| 1990s | 58,252 | #17 (1999) | #71 |
| 2000s | 181,414 | #1 (2008) | #5 |
| 2010s | 195,070 | #1 (2014) | #2 |
| 2020s | 85,652 | #2 (2020) | #2 |
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.
Emma in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 856 of them was named Emma, which outranked 97.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 197,104 of them was named Emma, which outranked 38.0% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,453Yale10
- #2,453Yvonne10
- #2,453Zebedee10
- #2,606Emma9
- #2,606Alban9
- #2,606Alma9
- #2,606Alphonsa9
- #2,802Abbott8
- #2,802Able8
- #2,802Aime8
Tied with 195 names at #2,606; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.