Emerald is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1376 for girl births in the United States, given to 399 babies. Emerald first appears in the data in 1904 and reached its peak in 2024 (423 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 399 | #1,376 |
| 2024 | 423 | #1,326 |
| 2023 | 397 | #1,389 |
| 2022 | 390 | #1,422 |
| 2021 | 318 | #1,613 |
| 2020 | 278 | #1,728 |
| 2019 | 294 | #1,680 |
| 2018 | 261 | #1,835 |
| 2017 | 283 | #1,734 |
| 2016 | 238 | #1,970 |
| 2015 | 202 | #2,203 |
| 2014 | 234 | #1,982 |
| 2013 | 191 | #2,242 |
| 2012 | 151 | #2,650 |
| 2011 | 126 | #2,993 |
| 2010 | 124 | #3,040 |
| 2009 | 161 | #2,562 |
| 2008 | 149 | #2,712 |
| 2007 | 155 | #2,615 |
| 2006 | 182 | #2,280 |
| 2005 | 184 | #2,165 |
| 2004 | 179 | #2,144 |
| 2003 | 186 | #2,035 |
| 2002 | 229 | #1,709 |
| 2001 | 232 | #1,688 |
| 2000 | 219 | #1,708 |
| 1999 | 233 | #1,600 |
| 1998 | 262 | #1,461 |
| 1997 | 213 | #1,640 |
| 1996 | 236 | #1,513 |
| 1995 | 229 | #1,536 |
| 1994 | 268 | #1,380 |
| 1993 | 200 | #1,661 |
| 1992 | 213 | #1,589 |
| 1991 | 196 | #1,659 |
| 1990 | 162 | #1,855 |
| 1989 | 168 | #1,752 |
| 1988 | 144 | #1,826 |
| 1987 | 112 | #2,081 |
| 1986 | 107 | #2,081 |
| 1985 | 87 | #2,329 |
| 1984 | 86 | #2,248 |
| 1983 | 66 | #2,667 |
| 1982 | 77 | #2,492 |
| 1981 | 68 | #2,679 |
| 1980 | 39 | #3,851 |
| 1979 | 41 | #3,637 |
| 1978 | 26 | #4,739 |
| 1977 | 23 | #5,109 |
| 1976 | 10 | #8,506 |
| 1975 | 12 | #7,474 |
| 1974 | 15 | #6,260 |
| 1973 | 10 | #7,916 |
| 1972 | 6 | #10,897 |
| 1971 | 5 | #12,176 |
| 1970 | 9 | #8,093 |
| 1969 | 9 | #7,563 |
| 1968 | 7 | #8,374 |
| 1965 | 6 | #8,651 |
| 1963 | 9 | #6,896 |
| 1962 | 6 | #8,758 |
| 1961 | 10 | #6,466 |
| 1958 | 11 | #5,827 |
| 1956 | 12 | #5,496 |
| 1955 | 6 | #8,046 |
| 1952 | 5 | #8,581 |
| 1951 | 8 | #6,393 |
| 1949 | 5 | #8,271 |
| 1947 | 14 | #4,590 |
| 1945 | 5 | #7,309 |
| 1944 | 6 | #6,587 |
| 1942 | 5 | #7,511 |
| 1939 | 8 | #5,360 |
| 1938 | 8 | #5,393 |
| 1936 | 5 | #7,107 |
| 1935 | 7 | #5,902 |
| 1933 | 5 | #7,209 |
| 1932 | 11 | #4,634 |
| 1931 | 5 | #7,448 |
| 1930 | 5 | #7,800 |
| 1929 | 10 | #5,140 |
| 1928 | 22 | #3,224 |
| 1927 | 26 | #2,966 |
| 1926 | 22 | #3,290 |
| 1925 | 16 | #4,075 |
| 1924 | 19 | #3,726 |
| 1923 | 17 | #3,951 |
| 1922 | 19 | #3,717 |
| 1921 | 22 | #3,408 |
| 1920 | 24 | #3,143 |
| 1919 | 29 | #2,687 |
| 1918 | 17 | #3,880 |
| 1917 | 22 | #3,106 |
| 1916 | 25 | #2,789 |
| 1915 | 20 | #3,121 |
| 1914 | 5 | #6,408 |
| 1913 | 8 | #4,202 |
| 1912 | 13 | #2,838 |
| 1911 | 11 | #2,477 |
| 1909 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 1908 | 6 | #3,098 |
| 1905 | 5 | #3,242 |
| 1904 | 5 | #3,182 |