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.

Emeka

#7,303 most common boys' name of all time · #18,364 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#7,303
Rank overall
#18,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
498
Since 2016
80
Peak year
1978 #3,058
Best rank
#3,043 1983
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
198020002020

Emeka first appears in 1974. 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 — 9 9 #8,424
2024 — 9 9 #8,498
2023 — 13 13 #6,636
2022 — 8 8 #9,204
2021 — 5 5 #12,554
2020 — 8 8 #8,955
2018 — 8 8 #9,024
2017 — 10 10 #7,736
2016 — 10 10 #7,778
2015 — 11 11 #7,189
2014 — 5 5 #12,533
2013 — 13 13 #6,361
2012 — 9 9 #8,373
2011 — 7 7 #9,926
2010 — 10 10 #7,758
2009 — 10 10 #7,893
2008 — 13 13 #6,524
2007 — 10 10 #7,785
2006 — 12 12 #6,620
2005 — 10 10 #7,294
2004 — 16 16 #5,122
2003 — 12 12 #6,023
2002 — 13 13 #5,543
2001 — 10 10 #6,639
2000 — 7 7 #8,524
1999 — 10 10 #6,253
1998 — 15 15 #4,519
1997 — 10 10 #5,832
1996 — 10 10 #5,753
1995 — 8 8 #6,666
1994 — 15 15 #4,205
1993 — 9 9 #6,000
1992 — 7 7 #6,996
1991 — 16 16 #3,750
1990 — 8 8 #6,145
1989 — 8 8 #5,986
1988 — 6 6 #6,879
1987 — 11 11 #4,174
1986 — 12 12 #3,825
1985 — 7 7 #5,571
1984 — 10 10 #4,142
1983 — 15 15 #3,043
1982 — 6 6 #6,112
1981 — 5 5 #6,872
1980 — 8 8 #4,829
1979 — 5 5 #6,709
1978 6 14 20 #3,058
1977 5 7 12 #5,019
1976 — 5 5 #6,191
1974 6 6 12 #5,140