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.

Emeral*

#29,653 most common girls' name of all time · #47,939 across all names · 16% male / 84% female · used 1916–2009 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#29,653
Rank overall
#47,939 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
11 of 146
All-time
63
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1993 #9,675
Best rank
#9,675 1993
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
19201940196019802000

Emeral first appears in 1916. 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
2009 5 — 5 #17,517
2006 5 — 5 #17,385
2003 6 — 6 #14,020
2001 5 — 5 #15,574
2000 7 — 7 #11,929
1995 7 — 7 #10,648
1993 8 — 8 #9,675
1991 5 — 5 #13,391
1986 5 — 5 #11,146
1955 — 5 5 —
1916 — 5 5 —