Emmerson
- #2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births
- #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
- Given to girls 80.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2013 · 171 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,480since 1998
Emmerson over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,607 | 66 | #4,396 | 23 |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | #3,693 | 30 |
| 2023 | #2,415 | 74 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #2,425 | 75 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #2,186 | 85 | #4,118 | 25 |
| 2020 | #1,977 | 95 | #3,570 | 30 |
| 2019 | #1,898 | 105 | #4,114 | 25 |
| 2018 | #1,937 | 102 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #1,721 | 123 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | #3,681 | 29 |
| 2015 | #1,488 | 154 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #1,436 | 158 | #3,532 | 30 |
| 2013 | #1,362 | 171 | #4,313 | 22 |
| 2012 | #1,591 | 136 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #1,857 | 108 | #4,509 | 21 |
| 2010 | #1,713 | 122 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #1,639 | 136 | #6,095 | 14 |
| 2008 | #1,717 | 129 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #1,929 | 107 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #1,846 | 110 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #2,607 | 65 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #4,601 | 29 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
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| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
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| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,886 | 5 | |
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| 1942 | — | #3,560 | 5 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,130 | 6 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
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| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
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| 1929 | — | #2,002 | 15 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
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| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1998
The first year at least five girls were named Emmerson! It came in at #7,532, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2000, when fewer than 18 girls a year got the name.
Where Emmerson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Tennessee#1,127 · 1 in 6,415
- Georgia#1,533 · 1 in 9,042
- California#3,095 · 1 in 32,345
- Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108
Best ever in a state: #475 in Arkansas, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| Georgia | #1,533 | 5 | 1 in 9,042 |
| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
| Texas | #3,285 | 5 | 1 in 32,108 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 54 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #2,607)
- 630 spots since 2020 (#1,977 → #2,607)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1998
- Peaked 2013 at #1,362 (171 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,262
- Highest: 1 in 10,262 girls born in 2013 were named Emmerson (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 52.7% of all girls named Emmerson (1,307) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29 | #5,896 (1999) | #6,714 |
| 2000s | 684 | #1,639 (2009) | #3,385 |
| 2010s | 1,307 | #1,362 (2013) | #1,667 |
| 2020s | 460 | #1,977 (2020) | #2,379 |
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.
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