Meaning not yet researched.
Emma: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 12,754 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 2018; #3 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Emma in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #1.
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Emma: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 12,754 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 2018 · most girls in one year: 22,719 (2003).
In 2025, 12,754 US girls were named Emma, making it the 3rd most common girls’ name of the year, down 1 place from #2 in 2024. That is 770 fewer than the 13,524 girls named Emma in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in 2018. The most girls given the name in a single year was 22,719, in 2003. For comparison, it was #1 in 2015 and #154 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emma in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 2,013 babies with the name. In all, 778,172 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 195,232 babies named Emma.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 161,125 US girls were named Emma; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 19,873. In 2025 that was about 1 in 126 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emma ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #1 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Gemma (26,042 babies since 1880), Emmy (12,963 babies since 1880), Ema (4,857 babies since 1880) and Emmi (2,335 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Amma, Emaya and Ioma are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Em and Emmy.
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.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Latvian, Polish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Amma (579), Emaya (360), Ioma (222), Aemilia (190), Emah (54), Yma (35), Hemma (28), Iuma (8).
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.
Emma is listed as a nickname for Emeline, Emily.
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 every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 193 | #1 | #1 |
| New York | 774 | #1 | #2 |
| Texas | 1,707 | #1 | #1 |
| New Jersey | 428 | #1 | #1 |
| District of Columbia | 36 | #1 | #5 |
| Hawaii | 37 | #2 | #2 |
| Virginia | 341 | #2 | #1 |
| Iowa | 116 | #3 | #1 |
| Massachusetts | 287 | #3 | #2 |
| Nevada | 114 | #3 | #4 |
| Alaska | 29 | #3 | #2 |
| Illinois | 458 | #4 | #2 |
| Idaho | 85 | #4 | #2 |
| Tennessee | 270 | #4 | #1 |
| South Dakota | 36 | #4 | #2 |
| South Carolina | 179 | #4 | #3 |
| Oregon | 139 | #4 | #1 |
| Colorado | 227 | #4 | #1 |
| Louisiana | 125 | #4 | #2 |
| Florida | 986 | #4 | #2 |
| Georgia | 397 | #4 | #3 |
| Pennsylvania | 427 | #5 | #2 |
| Alabama | 158 | #5 | #2 |
| California | 1,641 | #5 | #3 |
| Delaware | 32 | #5 | #5 |
| North Carolina | 391 | #5 | #2 |
| Oklahoma | 123 | #5 | #1 |
| Wisconsin | 192 | #5 | #1 |
| Kentucky | 159 | #6 | #1 |
| Indiana | 230 | #6 | #1 |
| Connecticut | 133 | #6 | #2 |
| Arizona | 286 | #6 | #3 |
| Mississippi | 69 | #7 | #2 |
| Washington | 220 | #7 | #2 |
| Arkansas | 83 | #7 | #1 |
| Maryland | 196 | #7 | #4 |
| Ohio | 362 | #7 | #1 |
| Kansas | 105 | #7 | #1 |
| Missouri | 196 | #7 | #1 |
| Wyoming | 14 | #8 | #1 |
| Minnesota | 190 | #8 | #2 |
| Michigan | 257 | #8 | #3 |
| North Dakota | 28 | #10 | #2 |
| Nebraska | 57 | #11 | #2 |
| Rhode Island | 28 | #11 | #2 |
| New Mexico | 45 | #11 | #6 |
| New Hampshire | 47 | #12 | #3 |
| Vermont | 15 | #13 | #1 |
| Montana | 29 | #13 | #1 |
| West Virginia | 46 | #15 | #1 |
| Maine | 31 | #16 | #1 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,754 | #3 | 14 | #6,222 |
| 2024 | 13,524 | #2 | 17 | #5,503 |
| 2023 | 13,590 | #2 | 17 | #5,525 |
| 2022 | 14,512 | #2 | 15 | #5,952 |
| 2021 | 15,549 | #2 | 14 | #6,117 |
| 2020 | 15,723 | #2 | 19 | #4,910 |
| 2019 | 17,226 | #2 | 11 | #7,305 |
| 2018 | 18,824 | #1 | 9 | #8,359 |
| 2017 | 19,873 | #1 | 14 | #6,129 |
| 2016 | 19,550 | #1 | 18 | #5,189 |
| 2015 | 20,487 | #1 | 10 | #7,653 |
| 2014 | 20,970 | #1 | 12 | #6,759 |
| 2013 | 20,973 | #2 | 18 | #5,035 |
| 2012 | 20,976 | #2 | 20 | #4,747 |
| 2011 | 18,825 | #3 | 33 | #3,325 |
| 2010 | 17,366 | #3 | 17 | #5,322 |
| 2009 | 17,910 | #2 | 20 | #4,803 |
| 2008 | 18,830 | #1 | 15 | #5,855 |
| 2007 | 18,390 | #3 | 21 | #4,540 |
| 2006 | 19,133 | #2 | 22 | #4,268 |
| 2005 | 20,362 | #2 | 36 | #2,915 |
| 2004 | 21,625 | #2 | 102 | #1,396 |
| 2003 | 22,719 | #2 | 37 | #2,691 |
| 2002 | 16,558 | #4 | 15 | #4,980 |
| 2001 | 13,327 | #13 | 14 | #5,212 |
| 2000 | 12,560 | #17 | 15 | #4,863 |
| 1999 | 11,751 | #17 | 17 | #4,207 |
| 1998 | 10,451 | #22 | 11 | #5,582 |
| 1997 | 7,749 | #36 | 9 | #6,247 |
| 1996 | 6,151 | #53 | 6 | #8,262 |
| 1995 | 5,050 | #67 | 5 | #9,283 |
| 1994 | 4,765 | #74 | 5 | #9,255 |
| 1993 | 4,108 | #80 | 8 | #6,401 |
| 1992 | 3,212 | #104 | — | — |
| 1991 | 2,595 | #123 | — | — |
| 1990 | 2,420 | #130 | 9 | #5,511 |
| 1989 | 1,938 | #149 | 18 | #3,243 |
| 1988 | 1,795 | #160 | 11 | #4,255 |
| 1987 | 1,589 | #175 | 9 | #4,676 |
| 1986 | 1,259 | #209 | 5 | #7,052 |
| 1985 | 947 | #263 | — | — |
| 1984 | 678 | #341 | 7 | #5,138 |
| 1983 | 551 | #399 | 7 | #5,088 |
| 1982 | 560 | #410 | 5 | #6,656 |
| 1981 | 534 | #413 | — | — |
| 1980 | 530 | #417 | — | — |
| 1979 | 488 | #428 | 5 | #6,348 |
| 1978 | 442 | #450 | — | — |
| 1977 | 479 | #423 | — | — |
| 1976 | 414 | #463 | — | — |
| 1975 | 477 | #422 | — | — |
| 1974 | 490 | #408 | — | — |
| 1973 | 419 | #447 | 6 | #4,684 |
| 1972 | 453 | #428 | — | — |
| 1971 | 474 | #442 | 5 | #5,148 |
| 1970 | 529 | #421 | — | — |
| 1969 | 516 | #426 | — | — |
| 1968 | 494 | #426 | 5 | #4,313 |
| 1967 | 564 | #385 | — | — |
| 1966 | 619 | #364 | — | — |
| 1965 | 640 | #359 | — | — |
| 1964 | 770 | #343 | — | — |
| 1963 | 724 | #352 | 5 | #4,231 |
| 1962 | 798 | #332 | 8 | #3,130 |
| 1961 | 892 | #307 | — | — |
| 1960 | 976 | #297 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,056 | #270 | 5 | #4,170 |
| 1958 | 1,084 | #266 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,217 | #243 | 5 | #4,157 |
| 1956 | 1,340 | #226 | 7 | #3,302 |
| 1955 | 1,460 | #211 | 5 | #4,026 |
| 1954 | 1,530 | #202 | 7 | #3,248 |
| 1953 | 1,590 | #195 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1952 | 1,709 | #180 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,731 | #174 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,896 | #154 | 5 | #3,842 |
| 1949 | 1,999 | #147 | 9 | #2,670 |
| 1948 | 2,099 | #138 | 6 | #3,422 |
| 1947 | 2,141 | #141 | 11 | #2,411 |
| 1946 | 2,070 | #131 | 10 | #2,451 |
| 1945 | 2,052 | #123 | 6 | #3,105 |
| 1944 | 2,247 | #118 | 13 | #2,019 |
| 1943 | 2,422 | #114 | 5 | #3,692 |
| 1942 | 2,606 | #108 | 17 | #1,756 |
| 1941 | 2,546 | #99 | 14 | #1,936 |
| 1940 | 2,606 | #94 | 22 | #1,445 |
| 1939 | 2,685 | #89 | 16 | #1,741 |
| 1938 | 2,670 | #96 | 18 | #1,632 |
| 1937 | 2,750 | #89 | 18 | #1,649 |
| 1936 | 2,831 | #85 | 15 | #1,828 |
| 1935 | 2,802 | #89 | 20 | #1,556 |
| 1934 | 2,940 | #85 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 1933 | 3,152 | #75 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 1932 | 3,330 | #76 | 19 | #1,670 |
| 1931 | 3,307 | #76 | 24 | #1,435 |
| 1930 | 3,555 | #73 | 22 | #1,575 |
| 1929 | 3,803 | #69 | 23 | #1,537 |
| 1928 | 4,017 | #67 | 20 | #1,725 |
| 1927 | 4,327 | #64 | 25 | #1,530 |
| 1926 | 4,480 | #59 | 23 | #1,579 |
| 1925 | 4,714 | #57 | 19 | #1,829 |
| 1924 | 4,897 | #57 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1923 | 4,977 | #53 | 21 | #1,711 |
| 1922 | 5,013 | #50 | 16 | #2,071 |
| 1921 | 5,072 | #52 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1920 | 5,238 | #46 | 10 | #2,830 |
| 1919 | 5,087 | #45 | 12 | #2,410 |
| 1918 | 5,324 | #46 | 19 | #1,777 |
| 1917 | 5,121 | #46 | 15 | #2,018 |
| 1916 | 5,217 | #41 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 1915 | 5,044 | #40 | 24 | #1,383 |
| 1914 | 3,972 | #39 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 1913 | 3,474 | #38 | 11 | #1,716 |
| 1912 | 3,357 | #35 | 10 | #1,656 |
| 1911 | 2,616 | #35 | 8 | #1,314 |
| 1910 | 2,607 | #34 | 17 | #738 |
| 1909 | 2,338 | #34 | 5 | #1,521 |
| 1908 | 2,357 | #30 | — | — |
| 1907 | 2,356 | #27 | 11 | #832 |
| 1906 | 2,224 | #28 | 8 | #955 |
| 1905 | 2,298 | #26 | 6 | #1,137 |
| 1904 | 2,312 | #22 | 12 | #699 |
| 1903 | 2,308 | #23 | 10 | #748 |
| 1902 | 2,514 | #18 | 11 | #704 |
| 1901 | 2,374 | #17 | 8 | #796 |
| 1900 | 3,095 | #13 | 21 | #519 |
| 1899 | 2,445 | #13 | 10 | #674 |
| 1898 | 2,788 | #13 | 8 | #830 |
| 1897 | 2,698 | #10 | — | — |
| 1896 | 2,872 | #10 | 11 | #688 |
| 1895 | 2,952 | #10 | 12 | #616 |
| 1894 | 2,937 | #9 | 15 | #525 |
| 1893 | 2,968 | #9 | 14 | #516 |
| 1892 | 3,128 | #7 | 12 | #613 |
| 1891 | 2,884 | #5 | 13 | #503 |
| 1890 | 2,980 | #5 | 16 | #466 |
| 1889 | 2,884 | #5 | 10 | #639 |
| 1888 | 3,087 | #4 | 17 | #472 |
| 1887 | 2,647 | #4 | 14 | #467 |
| 1886 | 2,764 | #3 | 11 | #582 |
| 1885 | 2,728 | #3 | 14 | #509 |
| 1884 | 2,587 | #3 | 9 | #675 |
| 1883 | 2,367 | #3 | 7 | #750 |
| 1882 | 2,303 | #3 | 7 | #778 |
| 1881 | 2,034 | #3 | 9 | #618 |
| 1880 | 2,003 | #3 | 10 | #613 |
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).