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Girl name

Emma

Emma holds the #3 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 12,754 newborn girls in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2008 (#1 nationally, 18,830 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in District of Columbia (#1 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#3
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#1
in 2008 (2000s)
Babies in 2025
12,754
girls named Emma

Emma popularity, 1880–2025

0.60%1.2%1.8%2.4%18801900192019401960198020002020#1 in 2008
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: Social Security Administration, 1880–2025

Where Emma is most popular

Alaska: #3 (29 girls, 1.75% of girls born 2025)AKMaine: #16 (31 girls, 1.00% of girls born 2025)MEVermont: #11 (15 girls, 1.54% of girls born 2025)VTNew Hampshire: #12 (47 girls, 1.24% of girls born 2025)NHWashington: #7 (220 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)WAIdaho: #4 (85 girls, 1.19% of girls born 2025)IDMontana: #12 (29 girls, 1.03% of girls born 2025)MTNorth Dakota: #10 (28 girls, 1.04% of girls born 2025)NDMinnesota: #8 (190 girls, 0.88% of girls born 2025)MNWisconsin: #5 (192 girls, 0.95% of girls born 2025)WIMichigan: #8 (257 girls, 0.72% of girls born 2025)MINew York: #1 (774 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)NYMassachusetts: #3 (287 girls, 1.19% of girls born 2025)MARhode Island: #10 (28 girls, 1.14% of girls born 2025)RIOregon: #4 (139 girls, 1.06% of girls born 2025)ORNevada: #3 (114 girls, 1.24% of girls born 2025)NVWyoming: #7 (14 girls, 1.73% of girls born 2025)WYSouth Dakota: #4 (36 girls, 1.18% of girls born 2025)SDIowa: #3 (116 girls, 0.99% of girls born 2025)IAIllinois: #4 (458 girls, 1.03% of girls born 2025)ILIndiana: #6 (230 girls, 0.82% of girls born 2025)INOhio: #7 (362 girls, 0.77% of girls born 2025)OHPennsylvania: #5 (427 girls, 0.91% of girls born 2025)PANew Jersey: #1 (428 girls, 1.21% of girls born 2025)NJConnecticut: #6 (133 girls, 1.16% of girls born 2025)CTCalifornia: #5 (1641 girls, 1.01% of girls born 2025)CAUtah: #1 (193 girls, 1.13% of girls born 2025)UTColorado: #4 (227 girls, 0.97% of girls born 2025)CONebraska: #11 (57 girls, 0.80% of girls born 2025)NEMissouri: #7 (196 girls, 0.81% of girls born 2025)MOKentucky: #6 (159 girls, 0.92% of girls born 2025)KYWest Virginia: #13 (46 girls, 0.91% of girls born 2025)WVVirginia: #2 (341 girls, 1.01% of girls born 2025)VAMaryland: #7 (196 girls, 0.98% of girls born 2025)MDDelaware: #5 (32 girls, 1.42% of girls born 2025)DEArizona: #6 (286 girls, 1.01% of girls born 2025)AZNew Mexico: #9 (45 girls, 0.96% of girls born 2025)NMKansas: #7 (105 girls, 0.89% of girls born 2025)KSArkansas: #7 (83 girls, 0.78% of girls born 2025)ARTennessee: #4 (270 girls, 0.84% of girls born 2025)TNNorth Carolina: #5 (391 girls, 0.84% of girls born 2025)NCSouth Carolina: #4 (179 girls, 0.98% of girls born 2025)SCDistrict of Columbia: #1 (36 girls, 1.78% of girls born 2025)DCOklahoma: #5 (123 girls, 0.83% of girls born 2025)OKLouisiana: #4 (125 girls, 0.76% of girls born 2025)LAMississippi: #7 (69 girls, 0.78% of girls born 2025)MSAlabama: #5 (158 girls, 0.86% of girls born 2025)ALGeorgia: #4 (397 girls, 0.88% of girls born 2025)GAHawaii: #2 (37 girls, 1.72% of girls born 2025)HITexas: #1 (1707 girls, 1.06% of girls born 2025)TXFlorida: #4 (986 girls, 1.14% of girls born 2025)FL
Share of girls born in 2025:low → highno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: District of Columbia (#1), Alaska (#3), Wyoming (#7)
Uniqueness score
Ultra popular
3
/ 100
everywhereone of a kind

You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper.

Based on how many babies per birth were named Emma in the most recent year of SSA data.

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