Ema
#1,348 for girls in 2025, 164 births
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,857since 1883
Ema over time
Rank among girls' names. Ema has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,348 | 164 |
| 2024 | #1,559 | 136 |
| 2023 | #1,430 | 156 |
| 2022 | #1,506 | 144 |
| 2021 | #1,871 | 106 |
| 2020 | #1,510 | 141 |
| 2019 | #1,465 | 150 |
| 2018 | #1,677 | 124 |
| 2017 | #1,655 | 130 |
| 2016 | #1,505 | 151 |
| 2015 | #1,470 | 156 |
| 2014 | #1,515 | 145 |
| 2013 | #1,570 | 137 |
| 2012 | #1,591 | 136 |
| 2011 | #1,415 | 161 |
| 2010 | #1,611 | 134 |
| 2009 | #1,528 | 148 |
| 2008 | #1,521 | 153 |
| 2007 | #1,635 | 136 |
| 2006 | #1,462 | 152 |
| 2005 | #1,539 | 133 |
| 2004 | #1,498 | 134 |
| 2003 | #1,542 | 125 |
| 2002 | #2,100 | 81 |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 |
| 1996 | #3,831 | 28 |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,490 | 30 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,571 | 22 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Ema! It came in at #692, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Ema is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#733 · 1 in 3,581
- Massachusetts#743 · 1 in 4,239
- New York#978 · 1 in 5,767
- Illinois#1,177 · 1 in 7,345
- North Carolina#1,179 · 1 in 7,326
Best ever in a state: #524 in Texas, 1931.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #733 | 5 | 1 in 3,581 |
| Massachusetts | #743 | 6 | 1 in 4,239 |
| New York | #978 | 16 | 1 in 5,767 |
| Illinois | #1,177 | 8 | 1 in 7,345 |
| North Carolina | #1,179 | 6 | 1 in 7,326 |
| California | #1,190 | 25 | 1 in 8,363 |
| Florida | #1,404 | 8 | 1 in 9,953 |
| Texas | #1,560 | 14 | 1 in 11,308 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ema
- 211 spots since 2024 (#1,559 → #1,348)
- 162 spots since 2020 (#1,510 → #1,348)
- 122 spots since 2015 (#1,470 → #1,348)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1884 (#692 → #930)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #692 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1883–1884
- Highest: 1 in 9,800 girls born in 2025 were named Ema (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #692 in 1883, was only 1 in 14,040 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.3% of all girls named Ema (1,424) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 37 | #692 (1883) | #870 |
| 1890s | 43 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,263 |
| 1900s | 34 | #1,219 (1902) | #1,630 |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,521 (1910) | #2,093 |
| 1920s | 229 | #1,464 (1922) | #1,871 |
| 1930s | 161 | #1,549 (1931) | #2,119 |
| 1940s | 93 | #2,392 (1946) | #3,329 |
| 1950s | 74 | #3,052 (1950) | #4,784 |
| 1960s | 55 | #4,355 (1964) | #5,692 |
| 1970s | 114 | #3,514 (1975) | #4,974 |
| 1980s | 148 | #3,893 (1988) | #5,156 |
| 1990s | 301 | #2,798 (1998) | #3,920 |
| 2000s | 1,170 | #1,462 (2006) | #1,828 |
| 2010s | 1,424 | #1,415 (2011) | #1,547 |
| 2020s | 847 | #1,348 (2025) | #1,537 |
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.
Ema in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
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1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 12,949 of them was named Ema, which outranked 91.9% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,583Melia137
- #1,583Shaniyah137
- #1,583Vida137
- #1,591Ema136
- #1,591Amarie136
- #1,591Avril136
- #1,591Deja136
- #1,602Adamaris135
- #1,602Aleyah135
- #1,602Eunice135
Tied with 10 names at #1,591; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.