How Many People Are Named Emmerson?
people named Emmerson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 115,977 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,093 babies named Emmerson in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
193 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of EMERSON.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Emmerson in English. Counting Emmerson and these spellings together, about 63,258 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Emmerson, 83.6% were girls and 16.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Emmerson fell from 91.3% in the 2000s to 75.5% in the 2020s.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Emmerson alive today is about 12 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 16 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Emmerson first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2013, to 193 babies. In 2025, 89 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
π Rank History
Emmerson has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,365, in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #2,623. Among boys, its best rank was #2,028, in 1929.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,623 | #4,436 |
| Best rank | #1,365 (2013) | #2,028 (1929) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,649 in the 2010s | #4,341 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Emmerson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emmerson were born in Texas than in any other state: about 217 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emmerson was given 2.7 times as often in Michigan, 2.1 times in Illinois and 2.1 times in North Carolina.
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