Names like Emma

In 2025, 12,754 girls born in the US were named Emma, #3 among girls' names.

It has been in the top 1,000 every year since records begin in 1880, and in the top 100 in 95 of those 146 years.

Its best rank was #1, in 6 of the years from 2008 to 2018.

The most births in one year were 22,719, in 2003.

Births fell 38% from 20,487 in 2015.

9 of the 12 names below have also been in the top 1,000 every year since 1880.

Emma's rank every ten years

1. 1880
   #3
2. 1890
   #5
3. 1900
   #13
4. 1910
   #34
5. 1920
   #46
6. 1930
   #73
7. 1940
   #94
8. 1950
   #154
9. 1960
   #296
10. 1970
    #420
11. 1980
    #415
12. 1990
    #130
13. 2000
    #17
14. 2010
    #3
15. 2020
    #2
16. 2025
    #3

12 girl names with a similar curve

How this list was made

We compared Emma's rank in every year from 1880 to 2025 with every other girl's name in the 2025 top 1,000 (US Social Security birth records); the closest curves come first. Years outside the top 1,000 count the same however far outside, years since 1995 count four times as much, and each name appears in one spelling.