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.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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