Meaning not yet researched.
Emerson: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,241 in 2025. Its best rank was #122 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 62% of babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#122 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Emerson: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,241 girls in 2025. Peak: #122 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 2,241 (2025).
In 2025, 2,241 US girls were named Emerson, making it the 122nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 29 places from #151 in 2024. That is 270 more than the 1,971 girls named Emerson in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #122, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 2,241. For comparison, it was #180 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 1,371 US boys were named Emerson, making it the 254th most common boys’ name of the year, up 16 places from #270 in 2024. That is 95 more than the 1,276 boys named Emerson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #254, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,371. For comparison, it was #300 in 2015 and #679 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emerson in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 25 babies with the name. In all, 67,571 US babies have been given the name, 50% of them girls and 50% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 26,816 babies named Emerson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 18,999 US girls were named Emerson; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 2,241. In 2025 that was about 1 in 717 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emerson ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #46 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 20 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emmerson (3,093 babies since 1880), Emersyn (22,572 babies since 1880), Emmersyn (1,240 babies since 1880) and Emersen (1,175 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emersynn, Emmersen and Emyrson are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emersynn (400), Emmersen (178), Emyrson (71), Emercyn (58), Emerzon (23).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Emerson in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 6 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 21 | #46 | #116 |
| South Carolina | 71 | #46 | #80 |
| Maine | 15 | #62 | #194 |
| Georgia | 112 | #72 | #148 |
| North Carolina | 122 | #73 | #141 |
| Tennessee | 84 | #77 | #168 |
| Nebraska | 24 | #80 | #112 |
| Massachusetts | 67 | #81 | #163 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #84 | #237 |
| Connecticut | 31 | #84 | #167 |
| Iowa | 33 | #88 | #151 |
| Michigan | 83 | #90 | #118 |
| Ohio | 106 | #91 | #136 |
| Arkansas | 29 | #91 | #93 |
| Missouri | 61 | #91 | #135 |
| Indiana | 66 | #92 | #132 |
| Alabama | 46 | #93 | #151 |
| Illinois | 91 | #94 | #134 |
| Idaho | 21 | #95 | #187 |
| Kansas | 32 | #96 | #95 |
| South Dakota | 10 | #103 | #87 |
| Minnesota | 47 | #107 | #228 |
| Mississippi | 21 | #107 | #250 |
| Pennsylvania | 92 | #109 | #218 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | #115 | #162 |
| Kentucky | 37 | #122 | #111 |
| Montana | 8 | #126 | #67 |
| Colorado | 40 | #140 | #88 |
| Washington | 48 | #144 | #253 |
| North Dakota | 7 | #148 | — |
| Wisconsin | 35 | #150 | #209 |
| Utah | 29 | #152 | #346 |
| Virginia | 51 | #154 | #130 |
| Oregon | 22 | #162 | #202 |
| Maryland | 30 | #171 | #199 |
| Louisiana | 24 | #172 | #181 |
| Texas | 191 | #173 | #208 |
| Delaware | 5 | #188 | #204 |
| New Jersey | 41 | #203 | #172 |
| Florida | 92 | #203 | #275 |
| New York | 82 | #207 | #286 |
| Arizona | 28 | #252 | #468 |
| California | 113 | #288 | #289 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #326 | — |
| Nevada | 5 | #549 | #570 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,241 | #122 | 1,371 | #254 |
| 2024 | 1,971 | #151 | 1,276 | #270 |
| 2023 | 1,774 | #161 | 1,261 | #268 |
| 2022 | 1,724 | #170 | 1,269 | #274 |
| 2021 | 1,743 | #168 | 1,239 | #277 |
| 2020 | 1,793 | #155 | 1,276 | #268 |
| 2019 | 1,865 | #152 | 1,344 | #269 |
| 2018 | 1,948 | #143 | 1,242 | #284 |
| 2017 | 1,978 | #150 | 1,322 | #276 |
| 2016 | 1,962 | #161 | 1,226 | #295 |
| 2015 | 1,798 | #180 | 1,203 | #300 |
| 2014 | 1,683 | #196 | 1,056 | #324 |
| 2013 | 1,525 | #211 | 979 | #331 |
| 2012 | 1,313 | #245 | 838 | #363 |
| 2011 | 1,151 | #276 | 737 | #387 |
| 2010 | 1,010 | #316 | 636 | #430 |
| 2009 | 1,017 | #323 | 639 | #437 |
| 2008 | 1,165 | #290 | 585 | #473 |
| 2007 | 1,080 | #312 | 537 | #493 |
| 2006 | 1,069 | #308 | 469 | #539 |
| 2005 | 683 | #443 | 387 | #585 |
| 2004 | 268 | #904 | 267 | #718 |
| 2003 | 324 | #766 | 264 | #709 |
| 2002 | 280 | #833 | 223 | #774 |
| 2001 | 183 | #1,141 | 225 | #762 |
| 2000 | 136 | #1,369 | 170 | #911 |
| 1999 | 143 | #1,287 | 168 | #896 |
| 1998 | 146 | #1,247 | 167 | #868 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,084 | 119 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,870 | 127 | #988 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,759 | 139 | #943 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,425 | 112 | #1,054 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,660 | 130 | #943 |
| 1992 | — | — | 119 | #993 |
| 1991 | — | — | 106 | #1,048 |
| 1990 | — | — | 130 | #905 |
| 1989 | — | — | 111 | #969 |
| 1988 | — | — | 95 | #995 |
| 1987 | — | — | 86 | #1,025 |
| 1986 | — | — | 100 | #914 |
| 1985 | — | — | 87 | #976 |
| 1984 | — | — | 89 | #933 |
| 1983 | — | — | 76 | #1,016 |
| 1982 | — | — | 75 | #1,051 |
| 1981 | — | — | 72 | #1,074 |
| 1980 | — | — | 67 | #1,107 |
| 1979 | — | — | 74 | #1,030 |
| 1978 | — | — | 73 | #1,020 |
| 1977 | — | — | 68 | #1,049 |
| 1976 | — | — | 78 | #942 |
| 1975 | — | — | 66 | #1,012 |
| 1974 | — | — | 56 | #1,101 |
| 1973 | — | — | 66 | #995 |
| 1972 | — | — | 66 | #994 |
| 1971 | — | — | 63 | #1,028 |
| 1970 | — | — | 70 | #960 |
| 1969 | — | — | 57 | #1,019 |
| 1968 | — | — | 64 | #902 |
| 1967 | — | — | 68 | #870 |
| 1966 | — | — | 67 | #884 |
| 1965 | — | — | 74 | #854 |
| 1964 | — | — | 88 | #806 |
| 1963 | — | — | 89 | #803 |
| 1962 | — | — | 89 | #804 |
| 1961 | — | — | 74 | #891 |
| 1960 | — | — | 89 | #811 |
| 1959 | — | — | 87 | #819 |
| 1958 | — | — | 79 | #852 |
| 1957 | — | — | 93 | #780 |
| 1956 | — | — | 88 | #794 |
| 1955 | — | — | 79 | #825 |
| 1954 | — | — | 117 | #666 |
| 1953 | — | — | 101 | #707 |
| 1952 | — | — | 88 | #752 |
| 1951 | — | — | 112 | #661 |
| 1950 | — | — | 102 | #679 |
| 1949 | — | — | 116 | #635 |
| 1948 | — | — | 109 | #651 |
| 1947 | — | — | 116 | #640 |
| 1946 | — | — | 97 | #654 |
| 1945 | — | — | 82 | #665 |
| 1944 | — | — | 103 | #606 |
| 1943 | — | — | 115 | #593 |
| 1942 | — | — | 116 | #576 |
| 1941 | — | — | 113 | #566 |
| 1940 | — | — | 125 | #520 |
| 1939 | — | — | 96 | #588 |
| 1938 | — | — | 121 | #530 |
| 1937 | — | — | 116 | #540 |
| 1936 | — | — | 108 | #549 |
| 1935 | — | — | 110 | #549 |
| 1934 | — | — | 130 | #508 |
| 1933 | — | — | 121 | #514 |
| 1932 | — | — | 141 | #481 |
| 1931 | — | — | 124 | #520 |
| 1930 | — | — | 171 | #455 |
| 1929 | — | — | 127 | #520 |
| 1928 | — | — | 188 | #435 |
| 1927 | — | — | 186 | #448 |
| 1926 | — | — | 187 | #442 |
| 1925 | — | — | 231 | #394 |
| 1924 | — | — | 249 | #379 |
| 1923 | — | — | 222 | #402 |
| 1922 | — | — | 254 | #378 |
| 1921 | — | — | 236 | #395 |
| 1920 | — | — | 259 | #373 |
| 1919 | — | — | 264 | #351 |
| 1918 | — | — | 273 | #348 |
| 1917 | — | — | 229 | #371 |
| 1916 | — | — | 225 | #361 |
| 1915 | — | — | 229 | #354 |
| 1914 | — | — | 164 | #370 |
| 1913 | — | — | 114 | #404 |
| 1912 | — | — | 142 | #304 |
| 1911 | — | — | 59 | #357 |
| 1910 | — | — | 52 | #356 |
| 1909 | — | — | 41 | #373 |
| 1908 | — | — | 32 | #422 |
| 1907 | — | — | 41 | #335 |
| 1906 | — | — | 28 | #414 |
| 1905 | — | — | 36 | #341 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #371 |
| 1903 | — | — | 26 | #383 |
| 1902 | — | — | 28 | #373 |
| 1901 | — | — | 25 | #374 |
| 1900 | — | — | 34 | #382 |
| 1899 | — | — | 19 | #428 |
| 1898 | — | — | 25 | #397 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #588 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #445 |
| 1895 | — | — | 21 | #430 |
| 1894 | — | — | 23 | #390 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #407 |
| 1892 | — | — | 19 | #449 |
| 1891 | — | — | 21 | #379 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #543 |
| 1889 | — | — | 22 | #383 |
| 1888 | — | — | 18 | #449 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #428 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #437 |
| 1885 | — | — | 17 | #446 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #493 |
| 1883 | — | — | 20 | #384 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #475 |
| 1881 | — | — | 20 | #377 |
| 1880 | — | — | 25 | #344 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).