Emma

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #3in 2025
  • 1 in 126girls in 2025
  • −31%last ten years
  • 2.2×in Wyoming

Most popular in 1881. Quieter now: down 31% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

011,06022,12018801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Emma, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188022,012
188122,120
188221,354
188321,074
188420,051
188520,503
188619,124
188718,132
188817,282
188916,169
189015,653
189115,549
189214,731
189313,940
189413,175
189512,636
189612,071
189711,520
189810,774
189910,493
190010,324
19019,919
19029,520
19038,810
19048,396
19057,880
19067,531
19077,396
19087,050
19096,733
19106,575
19116,254
19126,015
19135,562
19145,215
19155,127
19164,996
19174,736
19184,599
19194,501
19204,371
19214,113
19224,174
19234,126
19243,921
19253,872
19263,779
19273,629
19283,483
19293,406
19303,157
19313,106
19323,120
19333,127
19342,815
19352,672
19362,721
19372,585
19382,420
19392,448
19402,279
19412,107
19421,929
19431,736
19441,693
19451,570
19461,317
19471,208
19481,236
19491,168
19501,107
1951961
1952922
1953845
1954788
1955747
1956667
1957595
1958539
1959522
1960483
1961442
1962406
1963376
1964406
1965363
1966366
1967342
1968301
1969306
1970303
1971285
1972298
1973287
1974334
1975327
1976283
1977312
1978289
1979304
1980319
1981320
1982331
1983330
1984403
1985550
1986734
1987914
19881,008
19891,051
19901,275
19911,384
19921,742
19932,271
19942,668
19952,872
19963,509
19974,452
19985,915
19996,625
20006,916
20017,401
20029,215
200312,434
200411,777
200511,019
200610,064
20079,565
20089,958
20099,749
20109,769
201110,702
201211,911
201311,952
201411,739
201511,477
201611,033
201711,511
201811,066
201910,264
20209,726
20219,476
20228,848
20238,469
20248,347
20257,935

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Wyoming 2.2×
  2. Vermont 2.2×
  3. Delaware 2.1×
  4. Alaska 2.0×
  5. Rhode Island 2.0×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
12,754
Rank in 2025
#3
How rare
1 in 126 girls
Since 1880
776,439

Most popular in 1881, at 22,120 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 31% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Wyoming2.2×46
Vermont2.2×50
Delaware2.1×112
Alaska2.0×84
Rhode Island2.0×117

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.