Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ema

#2,522 most common girls' name of all time · #4,288 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#2,522
Rank overall
#4,288 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
129 of 146
All-time
4,857
Since 2016
1,402
Peak year
2025 #1,348
Best rank
#749 1883
Girls Boys peak 164/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ema first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 164 — 164 #1,348
2024 136 — 136 #1,560
2023 156 — 156 #1,431
2022 144 — 144 #1,506
2021 106 — 106 #1,872
2020 141 — 141 #1,511
2019 150 — 150 #1,466
2018 124 — 124 #1,679
2017 130 — 130 #1,658
2016 151 — 151 #1,506
2015 156 — 156 #1,472
2014 145 — 145 #1,516
2013 137 — 137 #1,571
2012 136 — 136 #1,593
2011 161 — 161 #1,416
2010 134 — 134 #1,612
2009 148 — 148 #1,529
2008 153 — 153 #1,521
2007 136 — 136 #1,637
2006 152 — 152 #1,463
2005 133 — 133 #1,541
2004 134 — 134 #1,501
2003 125 — 125 #1,542
2002 81 — 81 #2,100
2001 58 — 58 #2,603
2000 50 — 50 #2,861
1999 44 — 44 #2,997
1998 47 — 47 #2,799
1997 29 — 29 #3,823
1996 28 — 28 #3,838
1995 36 — 36 #3,158
1994 38 — 38 #3,044
1993 24 — 24 #4,272
1992 20 — 20 #4,864
1991 18 — 18 #5,196
1990 17 — 17 #5,307
1989 16 — 16 #5,308
1988 23 — 23 #3,904
1987 9 — 9 #7,391
1986 13 — 13 #5,478
1985 18 — 18 #4,293
1984 13 — 13 #5,238
1983 15 — 15 #4,696
1982 15 — 15 #4,732
1981 15 — 15 #4,762
1980 11 — 11 #5,940
1979 17 — 17 #4,252
1978 10 — 10 #5,991
1977 7 — 7 #7,622
1976 15 — 15 #4,173
1975 19 — 19 #3,526
1974 16 — 16 #3,879
1973 11 — 11 #4,899
1972 11 — 11 #4,816
1970 8 — 8 #5,845
1969 8 — 8 #5,489
1968 6 — 6 #6,303
1967 5 — 5 #6,861
1965 5 — 5 #6,597
1964 10 — 10 #4,381
1963 6 — 6 #5,951
1961 9 — 9 #4,579
1960 6 — 6 #5,738
1959 6 — 6 #5,616
1958 7 — 7 #4,939
1957 5 — 5 #6,152
1956 6 — 6 #5,385
1955 6 — 6 #5,262
1954 7 — 7 #4,702
1953 13 — 13 #3,133
1952 5 — 5 #5,620
1951 7 — 7 #4,430
1950 12 — 12 #3,090
1949 9 — 9 #3,647
1948 7 — 7 #4,249
1947 9 — 9 #3,738
1946 16 — 16 #2,408
1945 8 — 8 #3,428
1944 8 — 8 #3,426
1943 7 — 7 #3,843
1942 11 — 11 #2,850
1941 8 — 8 #3,306
1940 10 — 10 #2,781
1939 11 — 11 #2,615
1938 10 — 10 #2,768
1937 13 — 13 #2,348
1936 9 — 9 #2,908
1935 15 — 15 #2,119
1934 20 — 20 #1,715
1933 18 — 18 #1,854
1932 19 — 19 #1,832
1931 24 — 24 #1,564
1930 22 — 22 #1,715
1929 25 — 25 #1,572
1928 28 — 28 #1,510
1927 28 — 28 #1,565
1926 21 — 21 #1,898
1925 18 — 18 #2,140
1924 16 — 16 #2,330
1923 30 — 30 #1,498
1922 31 — 31 #1,476
1921 11 — 11 #2,975
1920 21 — 21 #1,909
1919 18 — 18 #2,006
1918 12 — 12 #2,692
1917 14 — 14 #2,338
1916 17 — 17 #1,969
1915 22 — 22 #1,591
1914 14 — 14 #1,834
1913 7 — 7 #2,583
1912 7 — 7 #2,408
1911 6 — 6 #2,237
1910 10 — 10 #1,558
1909 6 — 6 #2,010
1904 9 — 9 #1,296
1903 5 — 5 #1,851
1902 9 — 9 #1,256
1900 5 — 5 #1,981
1899 6 — 6 #1,453
1898 7 — 7 #1,434
1897 8 — 8 #1,208
1896 6 — 6 #1,471
1895 9 — 9 #1,165
1890 7 — 7 #1,156
1889 8 — 8 #1,003
1887 10 — 10 #780
1885 5 — 5 #1,124
1884 6 — 6 #993
1883 8 — 8 #749