Emma is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #7 for girl births in the United States, given to 12,768 babies. Emma first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2003 (22,756 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,768 | #7 |
| 2024 | 13,541 | #5 |
| 2023 | 13,607 | #5 |
| 2022 | 14,527 | #5 |
| 2021 | 15,563 | #4 |
| 2020 | 15,742 | #4 |
| 2019 | 17,237 | #4 |
| 2018 | 18,833 | #2 |
| 2017 | 19,887 | #1 |
| 2016 | 19,568 | #1 |
| 2015 | 20,497 | #1 |
| 2014 | 20,982 | #1 |
| 2013 | 20,991 | #2 |
| 2012 | 20,996 | #2 |
| 2011 | 18,858 | #5 |
| 2010 | 17,383 | #7 |
| 2009 | 17,930 | #8 |
| 2008 | 18,845 | #7 |
| 2007 | 18,411 | #13 |
| 2006 | 19,155 | #11 |
| 2005 | 20,398 | #8 |
| 2004 | 21,727 | #8 |
| 2003 | 22,756 | #6 |
| 2002 | 16,573 | #25 |
| 2001 | 13,341 | #43 |
| 2000 | 12,575 | #53 |
| 1999 | 11,768 | #53 |
| 1998 | 10,462 | #61 |
| 1997 | 7,758 | #84 |
| 1996 | 6,157 | #111 |
| 1995 | 5,055 | #142 |
| 1994 | 4,770 | #158 |
| 1993 | 4,116 | #175 |
| 1992 | 3,212 | #220 |
| 1991 | 2,595 | #252 |
| 1990 | 2,429 | #262 |
| 1989 | 1,956 | #307 |
| 1988 | 1,806 | #319 |
| 1987 | 1,598 | #350 |
| 1986 | 1,264 | #411 |
| 1985 | 947 | #509 |
| 1984 | 685 | #639 |
| 1983 | 558 | #728 |
| 1982 | 565 | #740 |
| 1981 | 534 | #753 |
| 1980 | 530 | #761 |
| 1979 | 493 | #778 |
| 1978 | 442 | #808 |
| 1977 | 479 | #781 |
| 1976 | 414 | #834 |
| 1975 | 477 | #768 |
| 1974 | 490 | #745 |
| 1973 | 425 | #806 |
| 1972 | 453 | #788 |
| 1971 | 479 | #794 |
| 1970 | 529 | #769 |
| 1969 | 516 | #765 |
| 1968 | 499 | #761 |
| 1967 | 564 | #688 |
| 1966 | 619 | #656 |
| 1965 | 640 | #646 |
| 1964 | 770 | #618 |
| 1963 | 729 | #630 |
| 1962 | 806 | #596 |
| 1961 | 892 | #570 |
| 1960 | 976 | #546 |
| 1959 | 1,061 | #513 |
| 1958 | 1,084 | #501 |
| 1957 | 1,222 | #457 |
| 1956 | 1,347 | #426 |
| 1955 | 1,465 | #394 |
| 1954 | 1,537 | #378 |
| 1953 | 1,600 | #363 |
| 1952 | 1,709 | #347 |
| 1951 | 1,731 | #332 |
| 1950 | 1,901 | #299 |
| 1949 | 2,008 | #285 |
| 1948 | 2,105 | #271 |
| 1947 | 2,152 | #278 |
| 1946 | 2,080 | #257 |
| 1945 | 2,058 | #239 |
| 1944 | 2,260 | #227 |
| 1943 | 2,427 | #225 |
| 1942 | 2,623 | #204 |
| 1941 | 2,560 | #188 |
| 1940 | 2,628 | #177 |
| 1939 | 2,701 | #169 |
| 1938 | 2,688 | #177 |
| 1937 | 2,768 | #164 |
| 1936 | 2,846 | #157 |
| 1935 | 2,822 | #161 |
| 1934 | 2,967 | #154 |
| 1933 | 3,181 | #135 |
| 1932 | 3,349 | #136 |
| 1931 | 3,331 | #133 |
| 1930 | 3,577 | #128 |
| 1929 | 3,826 | #122 |
| 1928 | 4,037 | #117 |
| 1927 | 4,352 | #111 |
| 1926 | 4,503 | #106 |
| 1925 | 4,733 | #100 |
| 1924 | 4,920 | #101 |
| 1923 | 4,998 | #95 |
| 1922 | 5,029 | #91 |
| 1921 | 5,084 | #94 |
| 1920 | 5,248 | #87 |
| 1919 | 5,099 | #83 |
| 1918 | 5,343 | #84 |
| 1917 | 5,136 | #81 |
| 1916 | 5,234 | #77 |
| 1915 | 5,068 | #73 |
| 1914 | 3,983 | #71 |
| 1913 | 3,485 | #68 |
| 1912 | 3,367 | #58 |
| 1911 | 2,624 | #48 |
| 1910 | 2,624 | #46 |
| 1909 | 2,343 | #46 |
| 1908 | 2,357 | #41 |
| 1907 | 2,367 | #37 |
| 1906 | 2,232 | #38 |
| 1905 | 2,304 | #36 |
| 1904 | 2,324 | #33 |
| 1903 | 2,318 | #32 |
| 1902 | 2,525 | #27 |
| 1901 | 2,382 | #25 |
| 1900 | 3,116 | #21 |
| 1899 | 2,455 | #21 |
| 1898 | 2,796 | #21 |
| 1897 | 2,698 | #18 |
| 1896 | 2,883 | #16 |
| 1895 | 2,964 | #17 |
| 1894 | 2,952 | #15 |
| 1893 | 2,982 | #15 |
| 1892 | 3,140 | #13 |
| 1891 | 2,897 | #10 |
| 1890 | 2,996 | #11 |
| 1889 | 2,894 | #11 |
| 1888 | 3,104 | #10 |
| 1887 | 2,661 | #10 |
| 1886 | 2,775 | #9 |
| 1885 | 2,742 | #9 |
| 1884 | 2,596 | #10 |
| 1883 | 2,374 | #11 |
| 1882 | 2,310 | #14 |
| 1881 | 2,043 | #14 |
| 1880 | 2,013 | #15 |