Trend of the Popularity of Emma as a Female Baby Name in the US

Updated on December 3, 2025.

Data Source: Social Security Administration (SSA).

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In 2024, there were 13,485 female babies that were named Emma in the US, which was 0.84% of the total number of female babies born in the US in 2024. Between 1980 and 2024, the name Emma peaked as a female baby name in the US in 2003 with a count of 22,719 babies, which was 1.24% of the total female babies born in the US in 2003.

The first chart below show the trend of the number of female babies in the US that were named Emma, and the second chart shows the percent of female babies in the US that were named Emma.

Trend of the Number of Female Babies who were Named Emma in the US

Trend of the Percentage of Female Babies who were Named Emma in the US

The table below below shows the trend of the number of female babies and the percentage of female babies born in the US who were named Emma from 1980 to 2024.

Trend of the Popularity of Emma as a Female Baby Name in the us

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Year	Number of Female Babies	Percent of Total Female Babies (%)
1980	531	0.03
1981	534	0.03
1982	562	0.03
1983	553	0.03
1984	678	0.04
1985	947	0.06
1986	1259	0.07
1987	1589	0.09
1988	1795	0.10
1989	1938	0.11
1990	2420	0.13
1991	2595	0.14
1992	3213	0.17
1993	4108	0.23
1994	4765	0.27
1995	5051	0.29
1996	6150	0.35
1997	7749	0.45
1998	10449	0.59
1999	11750	0.66
2000	12560	0.69
2001	13326	0.74
2002	16557	0.92
2003	22719	1.24
2004	21620	1.18
2005	20359	1.10
2006	19128	1.01
2007	18388	0.96
2008	18826	1.00
2009	17910	0.98
2010	17364	0.98
2011	18822	1.07
2012	20972	1.19
2013	20966	1.20
2014	20962	1.17
2015	20485	1.15
2016	19548	1.10
2017	19870	1.15
2018	18818	1.11
2019	17221	1.03
2020	15714	0.97
2021	15543	0.95
2022	14498	0.89
2023	13579	0.85
2024	13485	0.84