Emerald*
#1,625 most common girls' name of all time · #2,799 across all names · 5% boys / 95% girls · used 1904–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,625
Rank overall
#2,799 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
10,056
Since 2016
3,281
Peak year
2024 #708
Best rank
#708 2024
Girls
Boys
peak 423/yr
Emerald first appears in 1904. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 367 | 32 | 399 | #741 |
| 2024 | 397 | 26 | 423 | #708 |
| 2023 | 377 | 20 | 397 | #745 |
| 2022 | 373 | 17 | 390 | #767 |
| 2021 | 299 | 19 | 318 | #906 |
| 2020 | 268 | 10 | 278 | #954 |
| 2019 | 271 | 23 | 294 | #967 |
| 2018 | 252 | 9 | 261 | #1,027 |
| 2017 | 269 | 14 | 283 | #975 |
| 2016 | 225 | 13 | 238 | #1,126 |
| 2015 | 196 | 6 | 202 | #1,249 |
| 2014 | 220 | 14 | 234 | #1,139 |
| 2013 | 184 | 7 | 191 | #1,281 |
| 2012 | 145 | 6 | 151 | #1,525 |
| 2011 | 126 | — | 126 | #1,672 |
| 2010 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,697 |
| 2009 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,447 |
| 2008 | 143 | 6 | 149 | #1,591 |
| 2007 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,491 |
| 2006 | 174 | 8 | 182 | #1,336 |
| 2005 | 177 | 7 | 184 | #1,266 |
| 2004 | 174 | 5 | 179 | #1,249 |
| 2003 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,161 |
| 2002 | 221 | 8 | 229 | #997 |
| 2001 | 226 | 6 | 232 | #962 |
| 2000 | 219 | — | 219 | #966 |
| 1999 | 233 | — | 233 | #905 |
| 1998 | 262 | — | 262 | #812 |
| 1997 | 213 | — | 213 | #935 |
| 1996 | 236 | — | 236 | #845 |
| 1995 | 229 | — | 229 | #855 |
| 1994 | 268 | — | 268 | #767 |
| 1993 | 200 | — | 200 | #945 |
| 1992 | 213 | — | 213 | #917 |
| 1991 | 196 | — | 196 | #964 |
| 1990 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,091 |
| 1989 | 161 | 7 | 168 | #1,057 |
| 1988 | 137 | 7 | 144 | #1,119 |
| 1987 | 112 | — | 112 | #1,262 |
| 1986 | 102 | 5 | 107 | #1,307 |
| 1985 | 87 | — | 87 | #1,440 |
| 1984 | 86 | — | 86 | #1,370 |
| 1983 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,674 |
| 1982 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,535 |
| 1981 | 68 | — | 68 | #1,679 |
| 1980 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,448 |
| 1979 | 41 | — | 41 | #2,312 |
| 1978 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,032 |
| 1977 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,293 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,665 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,078 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #8,569 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,428 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,472 |
| 1970 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,488 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,126 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,954 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,618 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,001 |
| 1961 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,713 |
| 1958 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #6,261 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,559 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,341 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,108 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,431 |
| 1947 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #4,118 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,747 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,208 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,825 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1935 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1933 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1932 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,073 |
| 1931 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1928 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #3,900 |
| 1927 | 8 | 18 | 26 | #3,687 |
| 1926 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #4,029 |
| 1925 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #3,482 |
| 1924 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #4,607 |
| 1923 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,023 |
| 1922 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #4,613 |
| 1921 | 12 | 10 | 22 | #2,872 |
| 1920 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #2,817 |
| 1919 | 15 | 14 | 29 | #2,351 |
| 1918 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,631 |
| 1917 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #2,805 |
| 1916 | 13 | 12 | 25 | #2,447 |
| 1915 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #2,343 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,451 |
| 1912 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #2,306 |
| 1911 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #2,373 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,926 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1905 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,175 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,124 |