Emerald
Rank in 2025
#741
recorded as girls
Down 33 since 2024
#3513
recorded as boys
Up 559 since 2024
Babies in 2025
399
girls 367 · boys 32
Peak year
2024
397 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
10,056
since 1904
Born an Emerald? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Emerald was most popular in 2024, when 397 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.25 per 1,000). In 2025, 367 babies were named Emerald, ranking #741 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 49%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 367 | 741 | 32 | 3513 |
| 2024 | 397 | 708 | 26 | 4072 |
| 2023 | 377 | 745 | 20 | 4886 |
| 2022 | 373 | 767 | 17 | 5445 |
| 2021 | 299 | 904 | 19 | 4936 |
| 2020 | 268 | 953 | 10 | 7502 |
| 2019 | 271 | 967 | 23 | 4337 |
| 2018 | 252 | 1026 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 269 | 975 | 14 | 6060 |
| 2016 | 225 | 1125 | 13 | 6349 |
| 2015 | 196 | 1247 | 6 | 10644 |
| 2014 | 220 | 1139 | 14 | 5997 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1281 | 7 | 9655 |
| 2012 | 145 | 1523 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 126 | 1671 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 124 | 1696 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 161 | 1444 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 143 | 1589 | 6 | 11037 |
| 2007 | 155 | 1489 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 174 | 1335 | 8 | 8732 |
| 2005 | 177 | 1265 | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | 174 | 1249 | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 186 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 221 | 995 | 8 | 7643 |
| 2001 | 226 | 961 | 6 | 9243 |
| 2000 | 219 | 966 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 233 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 262 | 812 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 213 | 930 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 236 | 843 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 229 | 853 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 268 | 766 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 200 | 943 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 213 | 917 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 196 | 962 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 162 | 1088 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 161 | 1057 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 137 | 1118 | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 112 | 1257 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 102 | 1304 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 87 | 1439 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 86 | 1368 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 66 | 1665 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 77 | 1531 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 68 | 1674 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 39 | 2440 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 41 | 2304 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 26 | 3009 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 23 | 3267 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 10 | 5601 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 4854 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 15 | 4041 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | 8423 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 6 | 7292 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | 8324 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 9 | 5413 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 9 | 5057 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 7 | 5642 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1966 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 6 | 5817 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | 4539 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 6 | 5860 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 5 | 6567 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1959 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | 6103 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 12 | 3493 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 6 | 5208 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | 8 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 5 | 5244 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 8 | 4007 | 6 | 3370 |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 5 | 4556 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 4054 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 5 | 4622 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 8 | 2609 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | 8 | 2646 |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 5 | 3549 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 7 | 2951 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | 4218 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | 3901 | 5 | 3776 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | 5 | 3763 |
| 1930 | <5 | — | 5 | 4001 |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 10 | 2589 |
| 1928 | 7 | 3743 | 15 | 2048 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3561 | 18 | 1871 |
| 1926 | 7 | 3873 | 15 | 2074 |
| 1925 | 9 | 3362 | 7 | 3408 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4434 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1923 | 11 | 2917 | 6 | 3822 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4445 | 13 | 2347 |
| 1921 | 12 | 2762 | 10 | 2804 |
| 1920 | 12 | 2731 | 12 | 2459 |
| 1919 | 15 | 2264 | 14 | 2152 |
| 1918 | 8 | 3512 | 9 | 2882 |
| 1917 | 11 | 2693 | 11 | 2423 |
| 1916 | 13 | 2368 | 12 | 2259 |
| 1915 | 13 | 2255 | 7 | 3082 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 5 | 3264 |
| 1913 | 8 | 2331 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | 2144 | 5 | 2544 |
| 1911 | 6 | 2191 | 5 | 1740 |
| 1910 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | 1763 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | 6 | 1217 |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | 1931 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | 1877 | <5 | — |
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- Georgia1.4×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 95% · boys 5% across all years