How Many People Are Named Emma?
people named Emma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 599 people in the US has this name
Based on 778,172 babies named Emma in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
22,756 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a short form of Germanic names that began with the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal". It was introduced to England by Emma of Normandy, who was the wife both of king Ethelred II (and by him the mother of Edward the Confessor) and later of king Canute. It was also borne by an 11th-century Austrian saint, who is sometimes called Hemma.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Emma (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emma alive today is about 20 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emma first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2003, to 22,756 babies. In 2025, 12,768 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emma was the #1 girls' name in the US in 2008 and 2014 to 2018. It was in the top 10 in 42 years between 1880 and 2025. In 2025 it ranked #3.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3 |
| Best rank | #1 (2008 and 2014 to 2018) |
| Years at #1 | 6 |
| Years in the top 10 | 42 |
| Years in the top 100 | 95 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emma were born in California than in any other state: about 60,116 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emma was given 1.7 times as often in Mississippi, 1.7 times in Vermont and 1.6 times in Alaska.
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