Emma
Rank in 2025
#3
recorded as girls
#6143
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
12,768
girls 12,754 · boys 14
Peak year
1881
2,034 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
778,172
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Emma was most popular in 1881, when 2,034 babies recorded as girls got the name (22.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 12,754 babies were named Emma, ranking #3 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 20%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,754 | 3 | 14 | 6143 |
| 2024 | 13,524 | 2 | 17 | 5443 |
| 2023 | 13,590 | 2 | 17 | 5470 |
| 2022 | 14,512 | 2 | 15 | 5874 |
| 2021 | 15,549 | 2 | 14 | 6032 |
| 2020 | 15,723 | 2 | 19 | 4855 |
| 2019 | 17,226 | 2 | 11 | 7173 |
| 2018 | 18,824 | 1 | 9 | 8154 |
| 2017 | 19,873 | 1 | 14 | 6060 |
| 2016 | 19,550 | 1 | 18 | 5124 |
| 2015 | 20,487 | 1 | 10 | 7491 |
| 2014 | 20,970 | 1 | 12 | 6632 |
| 2013 | 20,973 | 2 | 18 | 4981 |
| 2012 | 20,976 | 2 | 20 | 4686 |
| 2011 | 18,825 | 3 | 33 | 3306 |
| 2010 | 17,366 | 3 | 17 | 5251 |
| 2009 | 17,910 | 2 | 20 | 4748 |
| 2008 | 18,830 | 1 | 15 | 5767 |
| 2007 | 18,390 | 3 | 21 | 4493 |
| 2006 | 19,133 | 2 | 22 | 4223 |
| 2005 | 20,362 | 2 | 36 | 2902 |
| 2004 | 21,625 | 2 | 102 | 1394 |
| 2003 | 22,719 | 2 | 37 | 2674 |
| 2002 | 16,558 | 4 | 15 | 4919 |
| 2001 | 13,327 | 13 | 14 | 5142 |
| 2000 | 12,560 | 17 | 15 | 4785 |
| 1999 | 11,751 | 17 | 17 | 4162 |
| 1998 | 10,451 | 22 | 11 | 5466 |
| 1997 | 7,749 | 36 | 9 | 6100 |
| 1996 | 6,151 | 53 | 6 | 7971 |
| 1995 | 5,050 | 67 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 4,765 | 74 | 5 | 8800 |
| 1993 | 4,108 | 80 | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | 3,212 | 104 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 2,595 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 2,420 | 130 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 1,938 | 149 | 18 | 3205 |
| 1988 | 1,795 | 160 | 11 | 4162 |
| 1987 | 1,589 | 175 | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | 1,259 | 209 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 947 | 263 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 678 | 341 | 7 | 4973 |
| 1983 | 551 | 398 | 7 | 4907 |
| 1982 | 560 | 410 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 534 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 530 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 488 | 428 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 442 | 450 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 479 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 414 | 463 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 477 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 490 | 408 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 419 | 447 | 6 | 4505 |
| 1972 | 453 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 474 | 442 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 529 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 516 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 494 | 426 | 5 | 4136 |
| 1967 | 564 | 385 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 619 | 364 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 640 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 770 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 724 | 352 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 798 | 331 | 8 | 3041 |
| 1961 | 892 | 307 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 976 | 297 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 1,056 | 270 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 1,084 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 1,217 | 243 | 5 | 3993 |
| 1956 | 1,340 | 226 | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | 1,460 | 211 | 5 | 3886 |
| 1954 | 1,530 | 202 | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 1,590 | 195 | 10 | 2531 |
| 1952 | 1,709 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,731 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,896 | 154 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 1,999 | 147 | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | 2,099 | 138 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 2,141 | 141 | 11 | 2356 |
| 1946 | 2,070 | 131 | 10 | 2403 |
| 1945 | 2,052 | 123 | 6 | 2996 |
| 1944 | 2,247 | 118 | 13 | 1988 |
| 1943 | 2,422 | 114 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 2,606 | 108 | 17 | 1730 |
| 1941 | 2,546 | 99 | 14 | 1903 |
| 1940 | 2,606 | 94 | 22 | 1433 |
| 1939 | 2,685 | 89 | 16 | 1712 |
| 1938 | 2,670 | 96 | 18 | 1613 |
| 1937 | 2,750 | 89 | 18 | 1627 |
| 1936 | 2,831 | 85 | 15 | 1801 |
| 1935 | 2,802 | 89 | 20 | 1538 |
| 1934 | 2,940 | 85 | 27 | 1293 |
| 1933 | 3,152 | 75 | 29 | 1230 |
| 1932 | 3,330 | 76 | 19 | 1651 |
| 1931 | 3,307 | 76 | 24 | 1427 |
| 1930 | 3,555 | 73 | 22 | 1559 |
| 1929 | 3,803 | 69 | 23 | 1523 |
| 1928 | 4,017 | 67 | 20 | 1707 |
| 1927 | 4,327 | 64 | 25 | 1516 |
| 1926 | 4,480 | 59 | 23 | 1565 |
| 1925 | 4,714 | 57 | 19 | 1806 |
| 1924 | 4,897 | 57 | 23 | 1628 |
| 1923 | 4,977 | 53 | 21 | 1696 |
| 1922 | 5,013 | 50 | 16 | 2040 |
| 1921 | 5,072 | 52 | 12 | 2502 |
| 1920 | 5,238 | 46 | 10 | 2765 |
| 1919 | 5,087 | 45 | 12 | 2385 |
| 1918 | 5,324 | 46 | 19 | 1767 |
| 1917 | 5,121 | 46 | 15 | 1986 |
| 1916 | 5,217 | 41 | 17 | 1771 |
| 1915 | 5,044 | 40 | 24 | 1372 |
| 1914 | 3,972 | 39 | 11 | 1975 |
| 1913 | 3,474 | 38 | 11 | 1676 |
| 1912 | 3,357 | 35 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 2,616 | 35 | 8 | 1290 |
| 1910 | 2,607 | 34 | 17 | 729 |
| 1909 | 2,338 | 34 | 5 | 1440 |
| 1908 | 2,357 | 30 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 2,356 | 27 | 11 | 815 |
| 1906 | 2,224 | 28 | 8 | 927 |
| 1905 | 2,298 | 26 | 6 | 1091 |
| 1904 | 2,312 | 22 | 12 | 686 |
| 1903 | 2,308 | 23 | 10 | 734 |
| 1902 | 2,514 | 18 | 11 | 687 |
| 1901 | 2,374 | 17 | 8 | 779 |
| 1900 | 3,095 | 13 | 21 | 518 |
| 1899 | 2,445 | 13 | 10 | 661 |
| 1898 | 2,788 | 13 | 8 | 804 |
| 1897 | 2,698 | 10 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 2,872 | 10 | 11 | 674 |
| 1895 | 2,952 | 10 | 12 | 609 |
| 1894 | 2,937 | 9 | 15 | 521 |
| 1893 | 2,968 | 9 | 14 | 509 |
| 1892 | 3,128 | 7 | 12 | 597 |
| 1891 | 2,884 | 5 | 13 | 497 |
| 1890 | 2,980 | 5 | 16 | 458 |
| 1889 | 2,884 | 5 | 10 | 628 |
| 1888 | 3,087 | 4 | 17 | 464 |
| 1887 | 2,647 | 4 | 14 | 461 |
| 1886 | 2,764 | 3 | 11 | 578 |
| 1885 | 2,728 | 3 | 14 | 498 |
| 1884 | 2,587 | 3 | 9 | 663 |
| 1883 | 2,367 | 3 | 7 | 720 |
| 1882 | 2,303 | 3 | 7 | 754 |
| 1881 | 2,034 | 3 | 9 | 595 |
| 1880 | 2,003 | 3 | 10 | 600 |
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Where Emma is most popular
- Wyoming1.8×
- Vermont1.6×
- Rhode Island1.5×
- Alaska1.4×
- Delaware1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years