Emogene

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453

Peak · girls
1927 · 277 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,871
since 1886

Emogene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Emogene has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #413, 1927girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2020#13,4536
2019#15,5395
2018#15,6825
2017#10,6899
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1967#4,05311
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1965#6,5395
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1962#5,8606
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1960#4,18410
1959#5,0317
1958#3,92510
1957#3,03315
1956#3,32113
1955#2,63518
1954#2,69517
1953#2,01726
1952#2,50218
1951#2,18221
1950#2,43617
1949#1,54336
1948#1,85826
1947#1,46141
1946#1,36041
1945#1,03256
1944#1,12948
1943#1,11352
1942#92871
1941#94860
1940#70697
1939#76182
1938#76483
1937#70095
1936#627111
1935#607115
1934#587123
1933#511155
1932#471196
1931#506164
1930#441233
1929#465203
1928#427251
1927#413277
1926#461222
1925#470216
1924#461226
1923#546173
1922#539172
1921#564161
1920#625131
1919#677107
1918#659116
1917#73591
1916#78277
1915#89254
1914#80252
1913#75848
1912#89032
1911#98220
1910#97020
1909#1,21912
1908#97017
1907#1,28910
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1905#1,5387
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1901#1,00711
1900#1,23110
1899#1,5965
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1896#1,2927
1895#1,1239
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1892#1,4505
1891#1,0937
1890#1,3385
1889#1,0257
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1886#9936
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First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Emogene! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Emogene is popular in 1916

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedSDIowa: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,139 girlsIAIndiana: #350 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,951 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #621 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,853 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedKSArkansas: #320 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,049 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedHITexas: #839 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,009 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Emogene, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#320 · 1 in 2,049
  2. Indiana#350 · 1 in 3,951
  3. Iowa#387 · 1 in 4,139
  4. Pennsylvania#621 · 1 in 17,853
  5. Texas#839 · 1 in 9,009

Best ever in a state: #138 in West Virginia, 1927.

Show every state
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Indiana#35061 in 3,951
Iowa#38751 in 4,139
Pennsylvania#62151 in 17,853
Texas#83951 in 9,009
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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 Emogene
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 319 spots in 1908 (#1,289 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 249 spots in 1909 (#970 → #1,219)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1927 at #413 (277 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1910–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,305
  • Highest: 1 in 4,305 girls born in 1927 were named Emogene (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 269,425 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 41.7% of all girls named Emogene (2,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#993 (1886)#1,009
1890s38#1,093 (1891)#1,315
1900s67#970 (1908)#1,209
1910s617#659 (1918)#815
1920s2,032#413 (1927)#497
1930s1,357#441 (1930)#598
1940s528#706 (1940)#1,208
1950s162#2,017 (1953)#2,978
1960s32#4,053 (1967)#5,159
1970s0——
1980s0——
1990s0——
2000s0——
2010s19#10,689 (2017)#13,970
2020s6#13,453 (2020)#13,453

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.

Emogene in 1916

girls
#782
77 births · 1 in 13,563 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #782Emogene77
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 13,563 of them was named Emogene, which outranked 84.8% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emogene
  1. #775Pearle78
  2. #775Renee78
  3. #775Vallie78
  4. #782Emogene77
  5. #782Joseph77
  6. #782Letitia77
  7. #782Pattie77
  8. #787Stasia76
  9. #788Juliana75
  10. #789Bulah74

Tied with 4 names at #782; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916 →