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 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#396 · 1 in 4,485
- Arkansas#439 · 1 in 3,651
- Alabama#493 · 1 in 6,005
Best ever in a state: #227 in Mississippi, 1919.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #396 | 8 | 1 in 4,485 |
| Arkansas | #439 | 5 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Alabama | #493 | 5 | 1 in 6,005 |
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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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 26,585 of them was named Emmer, which outranked 78.5% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,119Verlie43
- #1,119Viva43
- #1,119Zena43
- #1,137Emmer42
- #1,137Ardelle42
- #1,137Cleora42
- #1,137Dorthey42
- #1,159Audie41
- #1,159Charity41
- #1,159Charlsie41
Tied with 21 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 179,269 of them was named Emmer, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,247Yates7
- #3,247Ysidoro7
- #3,247Zeke7
- #3,559Emmer6
- #3,559Abdon6
- #3,559Achilles6
- #3,559Addis6
- #3,959Adolphe5
- #3,959Adren5
- #3,959Agustine5
Tied with 399 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.