Emmerich

#4,585 in 2025Boys' name

Hard work

Emmerich has been given to 270 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #4,585 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Emmerich, 2025

1 in 151,000

Emmerich over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Emmerich: meaning, origin, and history

Hard work

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Emmerich means

Emmerich means “hard work”, associated with amalą.

Origin, language, and formation

Emmerich is used in German.

Emmerich comes through Proto-Germanic *amalą.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Amerigo, Heinrich, Henry and Imre.

Pronunciation and spelling

In German, Emmerich is pronounced /ˈɛməʁɪç/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 270 boys were recorded with the name Emmerich between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2016; its best national rank was #4,233 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,522 in 2020 to #4,585 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,578 in 2015 to #4,585 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 Emmerich?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 151,000; 22 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 77,600; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,585; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 104,451 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Emmerich sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emmerich. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emmerichs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emmerich was born before 2018 — so the typical Emmerich is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 55.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 270; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 55.6% of all recorded uses (150).

Is Emmerich 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: +916; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +937; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +993; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.38×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 91.7%; Peak was 2016 (24)
Years since peak: 9; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,233; 2016

Spellings of Emmerich

Emmerich is not the most common spelling — Emerick is, with 43.8% against Emmerich's 15.8%.

Emerick43.8%748
Emeric40.4%691
Emmerich15.8%270

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.

Emmerich around the world

Where Emmerich 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.

France
1973–1973
#1,968
in 1973
Canada
2018–2018
#2,536
in 2018

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Emmerich by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,585
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 937
Best rank ever: #4,233; 2016
Peak year: 2016; 24 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 270
Count in 2025: 22

Names similar to Emmerich

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

Emmanual Emmerson Emmerick Emmanuelle Emmaus Heinrich Emmiliano Aldrich Friedrich Emmanuell Fredrich Emmert Emmette Dietrich Deitrich Ulrich Zurich Emmitte Emmauel Emmons Emmeric Detrich Frederich Patrich

Sibling names for Emmerich

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

For a sister

Karleigh Kendyl Anabel Adelle Annabell Hayleigh Shaniya Leigha

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Brennen Jamarcus

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