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Emmerson

#2,623 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Emerson

Emmerson has been given to 3,093 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #2,623 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 80% girls, 20% boys all-time.

Babies named Emmerson, 2025

1 in 50,200

Emmerson over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Emmerson over time

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

19152025

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.

Emmerson: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Emerson

surname transfer

What Emmerson means

Emmerson is a variant of Emerson.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Emmerson → Emerson. The family’s meaning is “son of Emery”, recorded in the naming reference for Emerson.

Origin, language, and formation

Emmerson is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Emmerson is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emerson.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Emmerson is pronounced /ˈɛmɚ.sən/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,480 girls were recorded with the name Emmerson between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 2013; its best national rank was #1,365 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,981 in 2020 to #2,623 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,489 in 2015 to #2,623 in 2025.

In the United States, 613 boys were recorded with the name Emmerson between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2014; its best national rank was #2,028 in 1929.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,596 in 2020 to #4,436 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,608 in 2015 to #4,436 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 Emmerson?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 50,200
66 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 24,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,623
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
34,818 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Emmerson 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 34,818 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emmerson. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emmersons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emmerson was born before 2013 — so the typical Emmerson is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,480
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 52.7% of all recorded uses (1,307).

Is Emmerson 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
+51
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−642
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,134
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.43×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.6%
Peak was 2013 (171)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,365
2013

Spellings of Emmerson

Emmerson is not the most common spelling — Emerson is, with 55.8% against Emmerson's 4.1%.

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 Emmerson is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Emmerson was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 24,550 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 11,111
  2. 2Illinois1 in 14,286
  3. 3Ohio1 in 14,286
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 16,667
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 16,667
  6. 6Georgia1 in 20,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 20,000
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 20,000

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 Emmerson is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Emmerson was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,157,002 across all states with data. It was least common in Indiana (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Indiana1 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. Emmerson has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Emmerson around the world

Where Emmerson 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
    2003–2022
    #5,670
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1998–2013
    #328
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Emmerson

People whose public names include Emmerson, 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.

Emmerson in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Emmerson. Linked forms have their own page here.

Emerson

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Emmerson by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,623
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 642
Best rank ever
#1,365
2013
Peak year
2013
171 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,480
Count in 2025
66

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,436
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 840
Best rank ever
#2,028
1929
Peak year
2014
30 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
613
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Emmerson

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

EmmalynnEmmersynEmmarieEmmaleighEmmelineEmmaroseEmmalineEmmajeanMattisonMadissonEmmalinaAllissonEmmylouAndersonEmmaleneEmmagraceEmmanuelaEmmalyneEmmalinEmmalynEmmaleeEmmanuellaEmmanuelleEmmelyn

Names with a curve like Emmerson

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

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Sibling names for Emmerson

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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