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Eman

#2,703 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

God is with us, through Emanuel

Eman has been given to 2,573 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #2,703 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 79 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 87% girls, 13% boys all-time.

Babies named Eman, 2025

1 in 51,800

Eman over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Eman over time

In 2025, Eman went to 74% girls and 26% boys.

19722025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Eman: meaning, origin, and history

God is with us, through Emanuel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Eman means

Eman belongs to the name family reached through Eman → Emanuel. Its meaning is “God is with us”.

Origin, language, and formation

Eman is used in Czech.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emanuel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Eman is pronounced [ˈɛman].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,238 girls were recorded with the name Eman between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 79 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,099 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,985 in 2020 to #2,703 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,943 in 2015 to #2,703 in 2025.

In the United States, 335 boys were recorded with the name Eman between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2024; its best national rank was #3,718 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,058 in 2020 to #4,435 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,082 in 2015 to #4,435 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Eman?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 51,800
64 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 25,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,703
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
35,906 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Eman sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 35,906 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Eman. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Eman was born before 2005 — so the typical Eman is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
28.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,238
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 28.8% of all recorded uses (645).

Is Eman rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+102
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+282
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+240
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.08×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.0%
Peak was 2001 (79)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,099
2001

Spellings of Eman

Eman is not the most common spelling — Emma is, with 22.7% against Eman's 0.07%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Eman is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Eman was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 30,461 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

17 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 14,286
  2. 2New York1 in 14,286
  3. 3Virginia1 in 20,000
  4. 4California1 in 33,333
  5. 5Texas1 in 33,333
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 50,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Eman is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Eman was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 877,033 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Eman has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Eman around the world

Where Eman ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #872
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1980–2025
    #632
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2008–2025
    #885
    in 2025
  • France
    2006–2025
    #6,090
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,151
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1974–2011
    #840
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Eman

People whose public names include Eman, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Eman by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,703
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 282
Best rank ever
#2,099
2001
Peak year
2001
79 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,238
Count in 2025
64

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,435
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,623
Best rank ever
#3,718
2024
Peak year
2024
30 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
335
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Eman

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EmaanEmariEmaEmalynEmaniEmarieEmaleeImanEmalineEmayaEmaryEmalynnEmaraEmalieEmalyRomanEmaliaEmaleighEmareeKarmanCarmanEmaniiEmanuelaNorman

Names with a curve like Eman

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Eman, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MahaKalenaAnnastasiaZipporahSairaHananKeziaAyshaElishevaAniMariamaJosey

Sibling names for Eman

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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