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Emma

Girls' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~573,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3 among girls
Births in 2025
12,768 778,172 since 1880
Typical age
16 years, median

Emma popularity over time

Emma rank by birth year, 1880–2025Emma ranked #3 in 1880 and #3 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 2008.#1#10#100#3best #1 in 200818901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2003 is the peak year for Emma, with 22,756 births. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. Emma has spent 95 years inside the national top 100.

The 2025 position is #3, on 12,768 births. The ten-year change is -38%.

Babies named Emma per yearPeaks at 22,756 births in 2003.22,756 in 2003018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Emma?

About 573,600 people named Emma are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 778,172 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Emma?

Median age among living Emmas: 16. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Emma a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Emma

Ages of living people named EmmaHalf of living Emmas are older than 16 and half younger.median 16020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Emma is most common

Wyoming uses the name 2.1× as often as the country as a whole. Vermont, Rhode Island and Alaska follow.

Where Emma is used more than average5 states use the name Emma more than the national average.Alaska: 1.7× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 1.9× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.1× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.7× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.6× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Emma is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 221 2.1×
Vermont 215 1.9×
Rhode Island 494 1.7×
Alaska 362 1.7×
Delaware 411 1.6×

Emma in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Emma ranked #85 in 2025 on 536 births. That is 34% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Emma comes from

Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Emma

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Emma Watson English actress 1990 143
Emma Goldman Russian-born American anarchist 1869–1940 126
Emma Thompson English actress and screenwriter 1959 88
Emma Roberts American actress, singer, model and producer 1991 74
Emma Bunton British singer 1976 56
Emma Raducanu British tennis player 2002 56
Emma Morano Italian supercentenarian 1899–2017 50
Emma of Normandy Norman princess and mother of Edward the Confessor 987–1052 49
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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