Emogene
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #13,453
- Peak · girls
- 1927 · 277 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,871since 1886
Emogene over time
Rank among girls' names. Emogene 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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| rank | births | |
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| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 |
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| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #2,502 | 18 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,461 | 41 |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 |
| 1945 | #1,032 | 56 |
| 1944 | #1,129 | 48 |
| 1943 | #1,113 | 52 |
| 1942 | #928 | 71 |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 |
| 1940 | #706 | 97 |
| 1939 | #761 | 82 |
| 1938 | #764 | 83 |
| 1937 | #700 | 95 |
| 1936 | #627 | 111 |
| 1935 | #607 | 115 |
| 1934 | #587 | 123 |
| 1933 | #511 | 155 |
| 1932 | #471 | 196 |
| 1931 | #506 | 164 |
| 1930 | #441 | 233 |
| 1929 | #465 | 203 |
| 1928 | #427 | 251 |
| 1927 | #413 | 277 |
| 1926 | #461 | 222 |
| 1925 | #470 | 216 |
| 1924 | #461 | 226 |
| 1923 | #546 | 173 |
| 1922 | #539 | 172 |
| 1921 | #564 | 161 |
| 1920 | #625 | 131 |
| 1919 | #677 | 107 |
| 1918 | #659 | 116 |
| 1917 | #735 | 91 |
| 1916 | #782 | 77 |
| 1915 | #892 | 54 |
| 1914 | #802 | 52 |
| 1913 | #758 | 48 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
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| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,007 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,231 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 |
| 1885 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#203 · 1 in 1,224
- Arkansas#324 · 1 in 2,162
- Tennessee#324 · 1 in 2,935
- Alabama#376 · 1 in 3,544
- Kentucky#406 · 1 in 4,289
Best ever in a state: #138 in West Virginia, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #203 | 15 | 1 in 1,224 |
| Arkansas | #324 | 8 | 1 in 2,162 |
| Tennessee | #324 | 9 | 1 in 2,935 |
| Alabama | #376 | 8 | 1 in 3,544 |
| Kentucky | #406 | 6 | 1 in 4,289 |
| Georgia | #436 | 6 | 1 in 4,895 |
| Missouri | #437 | 5 | 1 in 5,166 |
| Mississippi | #444 | 5 | 1 in 4,257 |
| North Carolina | #447 | 6 | 1 in 5,939 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1927 at #413 (277 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1910–1942
- 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%)
- 41.7% of all girls named Emogene (2,032) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #993 (1886) | #1,009 |
| 1890s | 38 | #1,093 (1891) | #1,315 |
| 1900s | 67 | #970 (1908) | #1,209 |
| 1910s | 617 | #659 (1918) | #815 |
| 1920s | 2,032 | #413 (1927) | #497 |
| 1930s | 1,357 | #441 (1930) | #598 |
| 1940s | 528 | #706 (1940) | #1,208 |
| 1950s | 162 | #2,017 (1953) | #2,978 |
| 1960s | 32 | #4,053 (1967) | #5,159 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 19 | #10,689 (2017) | #13,970 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 9,373 of them was named Emogene, which outranked 87.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #622Elisa112
- #622Maryellen112
- #622Zella112
- #627Emogene111
- #627Berniece111
- #627Janelle111
- #627Lue111
- #631Carolee110
- #631Roselyn110
- #631Tillie110
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.