Emogene
Emogene is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 412th, in 1927.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1927277 births
- Best rank
- #412in 1927
- Since 1886
- 4,871people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,871 girls have been named Emogene in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 277 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 277 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 42%. It has spent 34 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Emogene | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | |
| 1890s | 38 | |
| 1900s | 67 | |
| 1910s | 617 | |
| 1920s | 2,032 | |
| 1930s | 1,357 | |
| 1940s | 528 | |
| 1950s | 162 | |
| 1960s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 19 | |
| 2020s | 6 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Emogene was the 412th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Emogene
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Imogenepeak 1927
- Dorispeak 1928
- Nelmapeak 1926
- Dorthypeak 1927
- Marcellinepeak 1928
- Jaunitapeak 1924
- Ardellepeak 1925
- Junepeak 1925
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.