Emma
Emma is ranked 2nd among girls in 2024 (13,485 births). It was the number one girl’s name in 2008, 2014–2018.
- Rank in 2024
- #2same as 2023
- Births in 2024
- 13,4850.84% of girls
- Peak year
- 200322,719 births
- Best rank
- #1first in 2008
- Since 1880
- 765,264people given the name
The story in the numbers
763,546 girls have been named Emma in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 22,719 births — 1.2% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 1 → 2).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 94 of them in the top 100 and 41 in the top 10.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 1,718 boys have also been given it, 0.22% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Emma | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25,404 | |
| 1890s | 28,652 | |
| 1900s | 24,176 | |
| 1910s | 41,819 | |
| 1920s | 46,538 | |
| 1930s | 30,022 | |
| 1940s | 22,787 | |
| 1950s | 14,614 | |
| 1960s | 6,991 | |
| 1970s | 4,667 | |
| 1980s | 10,386 | |
| 1990s | 58,250 | |
| 2000s | 181,393 | |
| 2010s | 195,028 | |
| 2020s | 72,819 |
In 2003, its biggest year
Emma was the 2nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2003 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Hannah and Olivia. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Emma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ellapeak 2010
- Jemimapeak 2018
- Emeliepeak 2003
- Luciepeak 2024
- Emelinepeak 2016
- Alliepeak 2010
- Minapeak 2023
- Elizapeak 2021
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.