Popularity overview
Emma in 2025, in four numbers — all from the SSA counts.
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Emma, state by state, 2025
Emma was published in 50 states and DC in 2025. Darker tiles are the states where it ranks highest. Tap a state to compare it with Texas.
- ALAlabama
- AKAlaska
- AZArizona
- ARArkansas
- CACalifornia
- COColorado
- CTConnecticut
- DEDelaware
- DCDistrict of Columbia
- FLFlorida
- GAGeorgia
- HIHawaii
- IDIdaho
- ILIllinois
- INIndiana
- IAIowa
- KSKansas
- KYKentucky
- LALouisiana
- MEMaine
- MDMaryland
- MAMassachusetts
- MIMichigan
- MNMinnesota
- MSMississippi
- MOMissouri
- MTMontana
- NENebraska
- NVNevada
- NHNew Hampshire
- NJNew Jersey
- NMNew Mexico
- NYNew York
- NCNorth Carolina
- NDNorth Dakota
- OHOhio
- OKOklahoma
- OROregon
- PAPennsylvania
- RIRhode Island
- SCSouth Carolina
- SDSouth Dakota
- TNTennessee
- TXTexas
- UTUtah
- VTVermont
- VAVirginia
- WAWashington
- WVWest Virginia
- WIWisconsin
- WYWyoming
Emma was published in 50 states and DC in 2025. Emma was published in every state and DC in 2025. Choose a coloured state to compare it with Texas.
Rank #1–300 Rank #301–800 Rank #801+ No published count
| Texas | #1 | 1,707 |
| New York | #1 | 774 |
| New Jersey | #1 | 428 |
| Utah | #1 | 193 |
| District of Columbia | #1 | 36 |
| Virginia | #2 | 341 |
| Hawaii | #2 | 37 |
| Massachusetts | #3 | 287 |
| Iowa | #3 | 116 |
| Nevada | #3 | 114 |
| Alaska | #3 | 29 |
| Florida | #4 | 986 |
| Illinois | #4 | 458 |
| Georgia | #4 | 397 |
| Tennessee | #4 | 270 |
| Colorado | #4 | 227 |
| South Carolina | #4 | 179 |
| Oregon | #4 | 139 |
| Louisiana | #4 | 125 |
| Idaho | #4 | 85 |
| South Dakota | #4 | 36 |
| California | #5 | 1,641 |
| Pennsylvania | #5 | 427 |
| North Carolina | #5 | 391 |
| Wisconsin | #5 | 192 |
| Alabama | #5 | 158 |
| Oklahoma | #5 | 123 |
| Delaware | #5 | 32 |
| Arizona | #6 | 286 |
| Indiana | #6 | 230 |
| Kentucky | #6 | 159 |
| Connecticut | #6 | 133 |
| Ohio | #7 | 362 |
| Washington | #7 | 220 |
| Maryland | #7 | 196 |
| Missouri | #7 | 196 |
| Kansas | #7 | 105 |
| Arkansas | #7 | 83 |
| Mississippi | #7 | 69 |
| Wyoming | #7 | 14 |
| Michigan | #8 | 257 |
| Minnesota | #8 | 190 |
| New Mexico | #9 | 45 |
| North Dakota | #10 | 28 |
| Rhode Island | #10 | 28 |
| Nebraska | #11 | 57 |
| Vermont | #11 | 15 |
| New Hampshire | #12 | 47 |
| Montana | #12 | 29 |
| West Virginia | #13 | 46 |
| Maine | #16 | 31 |
States with no published count are not listed with a number: SSA publishes a name only when at least 5 babies of one sex received it in that state in that year. Emma may have been given to 1–4 girls in those states, but the count is not published and is never guessed here.
Emma ranks highest in Texas: #1 in 2025, with 1,707 girls. It is also where the most Emmas were born.
How Emma has changed over time
National rank by year, 2010 to 2025. Lower is more popular.
The chart shows the name's national rank each year. Lower is more popular. Years with fewer than 5 births are left blank, because the SSA does not publish a count for them.
Emma first appeared in national SSA data in 1910. In 2024 it ranked #2 with 13,524 girls. In 2025 it fell 1 places to #3, with 12,754 girls. Emma has ranked in the national top 10 for girls every year since 2010.
Births per year, 2010–2025
How many girls were named Emma each year. Years with fewer than 5 births are not shown, because the SSA does not publish a count for them.
| Year | National rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | #3 | 17,366 |
| 2011 | #3 | 18,825 |
| 2012 | #2 | 20,976 |
| 2013 | #2 | 20,973 |
| 2014 | #1 | 20,970 |
| 2015 | #1 | 20,487 |
| 2016 | #1 | 19,550 |
| 2017 | #1 | 19,873 |
| 2018 | #1 | 18,824 |
| 2019 | #2 | 17,226 |
| 2020 | #2 | 15,723 |
| 2021 | #2 | 15,549 |
| 2022 | #2 | 14,512 |
| 2023 | #2 | 13,590 |
| 2024 | #2 | 13,524 |
| 2025 | #3 | 12,754 |
50 years of Emma
National rank and births at five points in time — 50, 25, 10 and 5 years ago, and today.
| When | National rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 50 years ago (1975) | #426 | 426 |
| 25 years ago (2000) | #17 | 12,560 |
| 10 years ago (2015) | #1 | 20,487 |
| 5 years ago (2020) | #2 | 15,723 |
| Today (2025) | #3 | 12,754 |
In 1975 Emma ranked #426 nationally; by 2025 it had climbed to #3.
The Emma story so far
When it first appeared, when it broke into the top 100, and where it stands now — every step from the SSA counts.
- First appeared in national SSA data in 1910, with 2,591 girls.
- First entered the national top 1,000 in 1910.
- First entered the national top 100 in 1910.
- Highest rank so far: #1 in 2008.
- 65 years in the national top 100.
- Where it stands now: #3 in 2025, with 12,754 girls.
Names like Emma
Names ranked closest to Emma in 2025, and the names rising fastest alongside it.
Ranked closest to Emma in 2025
What this does not tell you
This page gives no meaning or origin for the name, because meaning data does not come from SSA. It also gives no middle-name or sibling suggestions: SSA does not publish middle names, and no dataset records sibling pairings.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.