Emma Name Popularity

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How popular is Emma?

The highly popular name Emma was the number 1 Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 10 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 500 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #1 was reached for the first time in 2008 and as recently as 2018.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 2003 with 22,706 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Emma was 414 in 1976.

Approximately during the years 1881-1884, 1911-1915, and 1981-2003, the name Emma took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 2004-2010 were years of successive downward movement.

Where is the name Emma popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

For a number of years, the name Emma has been moving upward in popularity. however, the number of children named Emma lately has dropped.

The name Emma is a huge favorite but has recently started to drift downward in popularity.

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		Emma (Girl)		Emma (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		18,688	1	9	8,300
2017		19,800	1	14	6,118
2016		19,496	1	18	5,174
2015		20,455	1	10	7,641
2014		20,936	1	12	6,742
2013		20,942	2	18	5,022
2012		20,945	2	20	4,741
2011		18,803	3	33	3,320
2010		17,345	3	17	5,318
2009		17,895	2	20	4,797
2008		18,813	1	15	5,848
2007		18,373	3	21	4,536
2006		19,119	2	22	4,266
2005		20,344	2	36	2,912
2004		21,607	2	102	1,396
2003		22,706	2	37	2,686
2002		16,540	4	15	4,973
2001		13,308	13	14	5,206
2000		12,552	17	15	4,860
1999		11,730	17	17	4,207
1998		10,442	22	11	5,582
1997		7,742	36	9	6,245
1996		6,144	53	6	8,262
1995		5,045	67	5	9,283
1994		4,764	74	5	9,249
1993		4,104	80	8	6,397
1992		3,211	104	< 5	--
1991		2,593	123	< 5	--
1990		2,418	130	9	5,511
1989		1,935	149	18	3,243
1988		1,789	160	11	4,255
1987		1,588	175	9	4,670
1986		1,258	210	5	7,046
1985		945	263	< 5	--
1984		676	342	7	5,133
1983		552	398	7	5,081
1982		563	408	5	6,655
1981		534	412	< 5	--
1980		532	416	< 5	--
1979		489	427	5	6,346
1978		444	447	< 5	--
1977		478	423	< 5	--
1976		414	463	< 5	--
1975		478	421	< 5	--
1974		493	408	< 5	--
1973		419	447	6	4,684
1972		453	428	< 5	--
1971		473	442	5	5,149
1970		527	422	< 5	--
1969		515	426	< 5	--
1968		491	427	5	4,311
1967		564	385	< 5	--
1966		619	364	< 5	--
1965		639	359	< 5	--
1964		770	343	< 5	--
1963		723	352	5	4,231
1962		797	332	8	3,129
1961		888	307	< 5	--
1960		980	295	< 5	--
1959		1,057	270	5	4,171
1958		1,085	266	< 5	--
1957		1,214	243	5	4,156
1956		1,341	226	7	3,307
1955		1,461	211	5	4,024
1954		1,528	202	7	3,248
1953		1,589	195	10	2,590
1952		1,712	179	< 5	--
1951		1,729	174	< 5	--
1950		1,896	154	5	3,844
1949		1,999	147	9	2,668
1948		2,097	138	6	3,420
1947		2,142	141	11	2,411
1946		2,071	131	10	2,450
1945		2,052	123	6	3,102
1944		2,246	118	13	2,019
1943		2,423	113	5	3,694
1942		2,605	108	17	1,756
1941		2,545	99	14	1,936
1940		2,607	94	22	1,445
1939		2,685	89	16	1,741
1938		2,668	96	18	1,633
1937		2,748	89	18	1,648
1936		2,834	85	15	1,828
1935		2,802	89	21	1,507
1934		2,941	85	26	1,333
1933		3,150	75	29	1,237
1932		3,330	76	19	1,667
1931		3,307	76	24	1,435
1930		3,555	73	22	1,575
1929		3,803	69	23	1,538
1928		4,017	67	20	1,725
1927		4,326	65	25	1,530
1926		4,480	59	23	1,579
1925		4,713	57	19	1,829
1924		4,899	57	23	1,640
1923		4,976	53	21	1,712
1922		5,013	50	16	2,071
1921		5,073	52	12	2,531
1920		5,237	46	10	2,829
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	< 5	--
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	< 5	--
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

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.