Emerald
#741 for girls in 2025, 367 births · #3,513 for boys in 2025, 32 births
Given to girls 94.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 397 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,518since 1904
Emerald over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #741 | 367 | #3,513 | 32 |
| 2024 | #708 | 397 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #745 | 377 | #4,886 | 20 |
| 2022 | #767 | 373 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 2021 | #904 | 299 | #4,936 | 19 |
| 2020 | #953 | 268 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #967 | 271 | #4,337 | 23 |
| 2018 | #1,026 | 252 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #975 | 269 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #1,125 | 225 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #1,247 | 196 | #10,644 | 6 |
| 2014 | #1,139 | 220 | #5,997 | 14 |
| 2013 | #1,281 | 184 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #1,523 | 145 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #1,671 | 126 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,696 | 124 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,444 | 161 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,589 | 143 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #1,489 | 155 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,335 | 174 | #8,732 | 8 |
| 2005 | #1,265 | 177 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #1,249 | 174 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,160 | 186 | — | |
| 2002 | #995 | 221 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #961 | 226 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #966 | 219 | — | |
| 1999 | #905 | 233 | — | |
| 1998 | #812 | 262 | — | |
| 1997 | #930 | 213 | — | |
| 1996 | #843 | 236 | — | |
| 1995 | #853 | 229 | — | |
| 1994 | #766 | 268 | — | |
| 1993 | #943 | 200 | — | |
| 1992 | #917 | 213 | — | |
| 1991 | #962 | 196 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,088 | 162 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,057 | 161 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #1,118 | 137 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #1,257 | 112 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,304 | 102 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,439 | 87 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,368 | 86 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,665 | 66 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,531 | 77 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,304 | 41 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | #2,609 | 8 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #4,001 | 5 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #2,152 | 14 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,368 | 13 | #2,259 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Emerald! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Emerald is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Oklahoma#332 · 1 in 1,297
- Idaho#371 · 1 in 1,287
- North Carolina#495 · 1 in 2,375
- Wisconsin#594 · 1 in 2,887
- Kentucky#716 · 1 in 3,696
Best ever in a state: #274 in New Mexico, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #332 | 13 | 1 in 1,297 |
| Idaho | #371 | 5 | 1 in 1,287 |
| North Carolina | #495 | 19 | 1 in 2,375 |
| Wisconsin | #594 | 8 | 1 in 2,887 |
| Kentucky | #716 | 5 | 1 in 3,696 |
| Louisiana | #735 | 6 | 1 in 3,484 |
| Minnesota | #753 | 6 | 1 in 4,115 |
| Washington | #859 | 7 | 1 in 4,486 |
| Colorado | #924 | 5 | 1 in 4,648 |
| New York | #1,066 | 14 | 1 in 6,604 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,114 | 7 | 1 in 7,601 |
| California | #1,155 | 27 | 1 in 7,765 |
| Virginia | #1,164 | 5 | 1 in 7,463 |
| Texas | #1,178 | 22 | 1 in 7,581 |
| Michigan | #1,265 | 5 | 1 in 8,435 |
| Georgia | #1,273 | 6 | 1 in 8,034 |
| Ohio | #1,460 | 5 | 1 in 10,588 |
| Florida | #1,753 | 6 | 1 in 13,955 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
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| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
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| Mississippi | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
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| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Emerald
- 33 spots since 2024 (#708 → #741)
- 212 spots since 2020 (#953 → #741)
- 506 spots since 2015 (#1,247 → #741)
- Biggest jump: 177 spots in 1994 (#943 → #766)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 2003 (#995 → #1,160)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 2024 at #708 (397 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1991–2002
- Highest: 1 in 4,081 girls born in 2024 were named Emerald (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,379 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Emerald (2,212) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1960, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 17 | #1,763 (1909) | #1,857 |
| 1910s | 82 | #2,144 (1912) | #2,470 |
| 1920s | 78 | #2,731 (1920) | #3,536 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,901 (1932) | #4,060 |
| 1940s | 29 | #4,007 (1947) | #4,497 |
| 1950s | 31 | #3,493 (1956) | #4,704 |
| 1960s | 42 | #4,539 (1963) | #5,580 |
| 1970s | 152 | #2,304 (1979) | #5,253 |
| 1980s | 935 | #1,057 (1989) | #1,485 |
| 1990s | 2,212 | #766 (1994) | #902 |
| 2000s | 1,836 | #961 (2001) | #1,245 |
| 2010s | 2,012 | #967 (2019) | #1,265 |
| 2020s | 2,081 | #708 (2024) | #803 |
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.
Emerald in 2014
Top girls' names in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
girls
1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 8,120 of them was named Emerald, which outranked 94.1% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
- ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
- ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
- ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
- ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 137,205 of them was named Emerald, which outranked 57.4% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,733Zorion15
- #5,733Zvi15
- #5,733Zyire15
- #5,997Emerald14
- #5,997Abdalrahman14
- #5,997Abdikadir14
- #5,997Abdimalik14
- #6,307Aarian13
- #6,307Abdulhadi13
- #6,307Abem13
Tied with 309 names at #5,997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.