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
Where Emma is most popular
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: District of Columbia (#1), Alaska (#3), Wyoming (#7)
Uniqueness score
3/ 100Ultra popular
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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