Emmer
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #6,592 · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,559
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1885 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,155since 1880
Emmer over time
Rank among girls' names. Emmer has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
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| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 | — | |
| 1932 | #965 | 54 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,227 | 35 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #983 | 57 | — | |
| 1927 | #963 | 62 | — | |
| 1926 | #893 | 69 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #996 | 56 | — | |
| 1924 | #941 | 65 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,030 | 52 | — | |
| 1919 | #843 | 68 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | — | |
| 1917 | #986 | 50 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,040 | 41 | — | |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | — | |
| 1913 | #881 | 36 | — | |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 | — | |
| 1911 | #801 | 29 | — | |
| 1910 | #723 | 34 | — | |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 | — | |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | — | |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #725 | 25 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 | — | |
| 1897 | #895 | 13 | — | |
| 1896 | #670 | 22 | — | |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #579 | 23 | — | |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 | — | |
| 1889 | #657 | 15 | — | |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 | — | |
| 1887 | #586 | 15 | — | |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 | — | |
| 1885 | #438 | 23 | — | |
| 1884 | #541 | 15 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmer was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Emmer is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#319 · 1 in 2,281
- Georgia#381 · 1 in 3,814
- South Carolina#396 · 1 in 4,118
- Alabama#406 · 1 in 4,067
- Arkansas#487 · 1 in 4,334
Best ever in a state: #227 in Mississippi, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #319 | 10 | 1 in 2,281 |
| Georgia | #381 | 9 | 1 in 3,814 |
| South Carolina | #396 | 6 | 1 in 4,118 |
| Alabama | #406 | 8 | 1 in 4,067 |
| Arkansas | #487 | 5 | 1 in 4,334 |
| Texas | #888 | 6 | 1 in 10,403 |
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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 Emmer
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1919 (#1,126 → #843)
- Biggest drop: 225 spots in 1897 (#670 → #895)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1885 at #438 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1954, 69 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1880–1914
- Highest: 1 in 5,785 girls born in 1885 were named Emmer (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 385,501 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all girls named Emmer (547) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 142 | #438 (1885) | #570 |
| 1890s | 178 | #579 (1892) | #725 |
| 1900s | 231 | #620 (1905) | #766 |
| 1910s | 407 | #723 (1910) | #943 |
| 1920s | 547 | #893 (1926) | #1,024 |
| 1930s | 310 | #965 (1932) | #1,382 |
| 1940s | 235 | #1,374 (1940) | #1,858 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,182 (1951) | #4,125 |
| 1960s | 23 | #5,696 (1960) | #6,000 |
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.
Emmer in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 19,213 of them was named Emmer, which outranked 84.1% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).