Emma
#28 most common girls' name of all time · #70 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#28
Rank overall
#70 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
778,172
Since 2016
161,273
Peak year
2003 #2
Best rank
#1 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 22,756/yr
Emma 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,754 | 14 | 12,768 | #3 |
| 2024 | 13,524 | 17 | 13,541 | #2 |
| 2023 | 13,590 | 17 | 13,607 | #2 |
| 2022 | 14,512 | 15 | 14,527 | #2 |
| 2021 | 15,549 | 14 | 15,563 | #2 |
| 2020 | 15,723 | 19 | 15,742 | #2 |
| 2019 | 17,226 | 11 | 17,237 | #2 |
| 2018 | 18,824 | 9 | 18,833 | #1 |
| 2017 | 19,873 | 14 | 19,887 | #1 |
| 2016 | 19,550 | 18 | 19,568 | #1 |
| 2015 | 20,487 | 10 | 20,497 | #1 |
| 2014 | 20,970 | 12 | 20,982 | #1 |
| 2013 | 20,973 | 18 | 20,991 | #2 |
| 2012 | 20,976 | 20 | 20,996 | #2 |
| 2011 | 18,825 | 33 | 18,858 | #3 |
| 2010 | 17,366 | 17 | 17,383 | #3 |
| 2009 | 17,910 | 20 | 17,930 | #2 |
| 2008 | 18,830 | 15 | 18,845 | #1 |
| 2007 | 18,390 | 21 | 18,411 | #3 |
| 2006 | 19,133 | 22 | 19,155 | #2 |
| 2005 | 20,362 | 36 | 20,398 | #2 |
| 2004 | 21,625 | 102 | 21,727 | #2 |
| 2003 | 22,719 | 37 | 22,756 | #2 |
| 2002 | 16,558 | 15 | 16,573 | #4 |
| 2001 | 13,327 | 14 | 13,341 | #13 |
| 2000 | 12,560 | 15 | 12,575 | #17 |
| 1999 | 11,751 | 17 | 11,768 | #17 |
| 1998 | 10,451 | 11 | 10,462 | #22 |
| 1997 | 7,749 | 9 | 7,758 | #36 |
| 1996 | 6,151 | 6 | 6,157 | #53 |
| 1995 | 5,050 | 5 | 5,055 | #67 |
| 1994 | 4,765 | 5 | 4,770 | #74 |
| 1993 | 4,108 | 8 | 4,116 | #80 |
| 1992 | 3,212 | — | 3,212 | #104 |
| 1991 | 2,595 | — | 2,595 | #123 |
| 1990 | 2,420 | 9 | 2,429 | #130 |
| 1989 | 1,938 | 18 | 1,956 | #149 |
| 1988 | 1,795 | 11 | 1,806 | #160 |
| 1987 | 1,589 | 9 | 1,598 | #175 |
| 1986 | 1,259 | 5 | 1,264 | #209 |
| 1985 | 947 | — | 947 | #263 |
| 1984 | 678 | 7 | 685 | #341 |
| 1983 | 551 | 7 | 558 | #398 |
| 1982 | 560 | 5 | 565 | #410 |
| 1981 | 534 | — | 534 | #412 |
| 1980 | 530 | — | 530 | #416 |
| 1979 | 488 | 5 | 493 | #428 |
| 1978 | 442 | — | 442 | #450 |
| 1977 | 479 | — | 479 | #423 |
| 1976 | 414 | — | 414 | #463 |
| 1975 | 477 | — | 477 | #422 |
| 1974 | 490 | — | 490 | #408 |
| 1973 | 419 | 6 | 425 | #447 |
| 1972 | 453 | — | 453 | #428 |
| 1971 | 474 | 5 | 479 | #442 |
| 1970 | 529 | — | 529 | #421 |
| 1969 | 516 | — | 516 | #426 |
| 1968 | 494 | 5 | 499 | #426 |
| 1967 | 564 | — | 564 | #385 |
| 1966 | 619 | — | 619 | #364 |
| 1965 | 640 | — | 640 | #359 |
| 1964 | 770 | — | 770 | #343 |
| 1963 | 724 | 5 | 729 | #352 |
| 1962 | 798 | 8 | 806 | #331 |
| 1961 | 892 | — | 892 | #307 |
| 1960 | 976 | — | 976 | #297 |
| 1959 | 1,056 | 5 | 1,061 | #270 |
| 1958 | 1,084 | — | 1,084 | #266 |
| 1957 | 1,217 | 5 | 1,222 | #243 |
| 1956 | 1,340 | 7 | 1,347 | #226 |
| 1955 | 1,460 | 5 | 1,465 | #211 |
| 1954 | 1,530 | 7 | 1,537 | #202 |
| 1953 | 1,590 | 10 | 1,600 | #195 |
| 1952 | 1,709 | — | 1,709 | #180 |
| 1951 | 1,731 | — | 1,731 | #174 |
| 1950 | 1,896 | 5 | 1,901 | #154 |
| 1949 | 1,999 | 9 | 2,008 | #147 |
| 1948 | 2,099 | 6 | 2,105 | #138 |
| 1947 | 2,141 | 11 | 2,152 | #141 |
| 1946 | 2,070 | 10 | 2,080 | #131 |
| 1945 | 2,052 | 6 | 2,058 | #123 |
| 1944 | 2,247 | 13 | 2,260 | #118 |
| 1943 | 2,422 | 5 | 2,427 | #114 |
| 1942 | 2,606 | 17 | 2,623 | #108 |
| 1941 | 2,546 | 14 | 2,560 | #99 |
| 1940 | 2,606 | 22 | 2,628 | #94 |
| 1939 | 2,685 | 16 | 2,701 | #89 |
| 1938 | 2,670 | 18 | 2,688 | #96 |
| 1937 | 2,750 | 18 | 2,768 | #89 |
| 1936 | 2,831 | 15 | 2,846 | #85 |
| 1935 | 2,802 | 20 | 2,822 | #89 |
| 1934 | 2,940 | 27 | 2,967 | #85 |
| 1933 | 3,152 | 29 | 3,181 | #75 |
| 1932 | 3,330 | 19 | 3,349 | #76 |
| 1931 | 3,307 | 24 | 3,331 | #76 |
| 1930 | 3,555 | 22 | 3,577 | #73 |
| 1929 | 3,803 | 23 | 3,826 | #69 |
| 1928 | 4,017 | 20 | 4,037 | #67 |
| 1927 | 4,327 | 25 | 4,352 | #64 |
| 1926 | 4,480 | 23 | 4,503 | #59 |
| 1925 | 4,714 | 19 | 4,733 | #57 |
| 1924 | 4,897 | 23 | 4,920 | #57 |
| 1923 | 4,977 | 21 | 4,998 | #53 |
| 1922 | 5,013 | 16 | 5,029 | #50 |
| 1921 | 5,072 | 12 | 5,084 | #52 |
| 1920 | 5,238 | 10 | 5,248 | #46 |
| 1919 | 5,087 | 12 | 5,099 | #45 |
| 1918 | 5,324 | 19 | 5,343 | #46 |
| 1917 | 5,121 | 15 | 5,136 | #46 |
| 1916 | 5,217 | 17 | 5,234 | #41 |
| 1915 | 5,044 | 24 | 5,068 | #40 |
| 1914 | 3,972 | 11 | 3,983 | #39 |
| 1913 | 3,474 | 11 | 3,485 | #38 |
| 1912 | 3,357 | 10 | 3,367 | #35 |
| 1911 | 2,616 | 8 | 2,624 | #35 |
| 1910 | 2,607 | 17 | 2,624 | #34 |
| 1909 | 2,338 | 5 | 2,343 | #34 |
| 1908 | 2,357 | — | 2,357 | #30 |
| 1907 | 2,356 | 11 | 2,367 | #27 |
| 1906 | 2,224 | 8 | 2,232 | #28 |
| 1905 | 2,298 | 6 | 2,304 | #26 |
| 1904 | 2,312 | 12 | 2,324 | #22 |
| 1903 | 2,308 | 10 | 2,318 | #23 |
| 1902 | 2,514 | 11 | 2,525 | #18 |
| 1901 | 2,374 | 8 | 2,382 | #17 |
| 1900 | 3,095 | 21 | 3,116 | #13 |
| 1899 | 2,445 | 10 | 2,455 | #13 |
| 1898 | 2,788 | 8 | 2,796 | #13 |
| 1897 | 2,698 | — | 2,698 | #10 |
| 1896 | 2,872 | 11 | 2,883 | #10 |
| 1895 | 2,952 | 12 | 2,964 | #10 |
| 1894 | 2,937 | 15 | 2,952 | #9 |
| 1893 | 2,968 | 14 | 2,982 | #9 |
| 1892 | 3,128 | 12 | 3,140 | #7 |
| 1891 | 2,884 | 13 | 2,897 | #5 |
| 1890 | 2,980 | 16 | 2,996 | #5 |
| 1889 | 2,884 | 10 | 2,894 | #5 |
| 1888 | 3,087 | 17 | 3,104 | #4 |
| 1887 | 2,647 | 14 | 2,661 | #4 |
| 1886 | 2,764 | 11 | 2,775 | #3 |
| 1885 | 2,728 | 14 | 2,742 | #3 |
| 1884 | 2,587 | 9 | 2,596 | #3 |
| 1883 | 2,367 | 7 | 2,374 | #3 |
| 1882 | 2,303 | 7 | 2,310 | #3 |
| 1881 | 2,034 | 9 | 2,043 | #3 |
| 1880 | 2,003 | 10 | 2,013 | #3 |