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.

Emerson**

#495 most common girls' name of all time · #912 across all names · 50% male / 50% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#495
Rank overall
#912 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
67,571
Since 2016
31,825
Peak year
2025 #122
Best rank
#122 2025
Girls Boys peak 3,612/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Emerson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,241 1,371 3,612 #122
2024 1,971 1,276 3,247 #151
2023 1,774 1,261 3,035 #161
2022 1,724 1,269 2,993 #169
2021 1,743 1,239 2,982 #168
2020 1,793 1,276 3,069 #155
2019 1,865 1,344 3,209 #152
2018 1,948 1,242 3,190 #143
2017 1,978 1,322 3,300 #150
2016 1,962 1,226 3,188 #161
2015 1,798 1,203 3,001 #180
2014 1,683 1,056 2,739 #196
2013 1,525 979 2,504 #211
2012 1,313 838 2,151 #245
2011 1,151 737 1,888 #275
2010 1,010 636 1,646 #316
2009 1,017 639 1,656 #323
2008 1,165 585 1,750 #290
2007 1,080 537 1,617 #312
2006 1,069 469 1,538 #308
2005 683 387 1,070 #443
2004 268 267 535 #903
2003 324 264 588 #764
2002 280 223 503 #832
2001 183 225 408 #1,143
2000 136 170 306 #1,369
1999 143 168 311 #1,283
1998 146 167 313 #1,244
1997 20 119 139 #5,020
1996 16 127 143 #5,784
1995 16 139 155 #5,687
1994 14 112 126 #6,333
1993 11 130 141 #7,523
1992 — 119 119 —
1991 — 106 106 —
1990 — 130 130 —
1989 — 111 111 —
1988 — 95 95 —
1987 — 86 86 —
1986 — 100 100 —
1985 — 87 87 —
1984 — 89 89 —
1983 — 76 76 —
1982 — 75 75 —
1981 — 72 72 —
1980 — 67 67 —
1979 — 74 74 —
1978 — 73 73 —
1977 — 68 68 —
1976 — 78 78 —
1975 — 66 66 —
1974 — 56 56 —
1973 — 66 66 —
1972 — 66 66 —
1971 — 63 63 —
1970 — 70 70 —
1969 — 57 57 —
1968 — 64 64 —
1967 — 68 68 —
1966 — 67 67 —
1965 — 74 74 —
1964 — 88 88 —
1963 — 89 89 —
1962 — 89 89 —
1961 — 74 74 —
1960 — 89 89 —
1959 — 87 87 —
1958 — 79 79 —
1957 — 93 93 —
1956 — 88 88 —
1955 — 79 79 —
1954 — 117 117 —
1953 — 101 101 —
1952 — 88 88 —
1951 — 112 112 —
1950 — 102 102 —
1949 — 116 116 —
1948 — 109 109 —
1947 — 116 116 —
1946 — 97 97 —
1945 — 82 82 —
1944 — 103 103 —
1943 — 115 115 —
1942 — 116 116 —
1941 — 113 113 —
1940 — 125 125 —
1939 — 96 96 —
1938 — 121 121 —
1937 — 116 116 —
1936 — 108 108 —
1935 — 110 110 —
1934 — 130 130 —
1933 — 121 121 —
1932 — 141 141 —
1931 — 124 124 —
1930 — 171 171 —
1929 — 127 127 —
1928 — 188 188 —
1927 — 186 186 —
1926 — 187 187 —
1925 — 231 231 —
1924 — 249 249 —
1923 — 222 222 —
1922 — 254 254 —
1921 — 236 236 —
1920 — 259 259 —
1919 — 264 264 —
1918 — 273 273 —
1917 — 229 229 —
1916 — 225 225 —
1915 — 229 229 —
1914 — 164 164 —
1913 — 114 114 —
1912 — 142 142 —
1911 — 59 59 —
1910 — 52 52 —
1909 — 41 41 —
1908 — 32 32 —
1907 — 41 41 —
1906 — 28 28 —
1905 — 36 36 —
1904 — 30 30 —
1903 — 26 26 —
1902 — 28 28 —
1901 — 25 25 —
1900 — 34 34 —
1899 — 19 19 —
1898 — 25 25 —
1897 — 13 13 —
1896 — 20 20 —
1895 — 21 21 —
1894 — 23 23 —
1893 — 20 20 —
1892 — 19 19 —
1891 — 21 21 —
1890 — 13 13 —
1889 — 22 22 —
1888 — 18 18 —
1887 — 16 16 —
1886 — 17 17 —
1885 — 17 17 —
1884 — 15 15 —
1883 — 20 20 —
1882 — 15 15 —
1881 — 20 20 —
1880 — 25 25 —