Emma Girl
How popular is Emma?
#3 girl name in 2025
12,754 baby girls were named Emma in the US in 2025, making it the 3rd most popular girl name. Another 14 boys got the name (#6,140 for boys).
Emma popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3 for girls (▼ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 12,754 girls, 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1 in 2015, #2 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (22,719 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1 in 2008 (6 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emma counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emma family of names ranked #6 for girls in 2025 (#4 the year before), with 12,923 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emma | 12,754 | 99% |
| Ema | 164 | 1% |
| Emmah | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emma is most popular
Babies named Emma per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 20.2 per 1,000 (86 girls)
- Vermont: 18.4 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Alaska: 17.1 per 1,000 (147 girls)
- Rhode Island: 16.9 per 1,000 (211 girls)
- Delaware: 16.5 per 1,000 (187 girls)
Emma by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25,404 | #3 |
| 1890s | 28,652 | #5 |
| 1900s | 24,176 | #13 |
| 1910s | 41,819 | #34 |
| 1920s | 46,538 | #46 |
| 1930s | 30,022 | #73 |
| 1940s | 22,788 | #94 |
| 1950s | 14,613 | #154 |
| 1960s | 6,993 | #297 |
| 1970s | 4,665 | #408 |
| 1980s | 10,381 | #149 |
| 1990s | 58,252 | #17 |
| 2000s | 181,414 | #1 |
| 2010s | 195,070 | #1 |
| 2020s | 85,652 | #2 |
Girl names about as popular as Emma
Questions
- Is Emma a boy or girl name?
- Emma is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emma were girls.
- How popular is the name Emma?
- 12,754 baby girls were named Emma in the US in 2025, making it the 3rd most popular girl name. Another 14 boys got the name (#6,140 for boys).
- When was Emma most popular?
- Emma peaked in 2003, when 22,719 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1, held for 6 years starting in 2008.
- How many people are named Emma?
- 778,172 babies have been named Emma in the US since 1880. We estimate about 573,792 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Emma most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emma was most common in Wyoming, at 20.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.