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How popular is “Emma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Emma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Emma” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Emma” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Emma” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Emma” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Emma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Emma” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 2013 0.009990868 2003 10 99%
1881 2043 0.010602633 2034 9 99%
1882 2310 0.01042734 2303 7 99%
1883 2374 0.010942815 2367 7 99%
1884 2596 0.010662898 2587 9 99%
1885 2742 0.01138449 2728 14 99%
1886 2775 0.010868884 2764 11 99%
1887 2661 0.010756209 2647 14 99%
1888 3104 0.01036484 3087 17 99%
1889 2894 0.010015712 2884 10 99%
1890 2996 0.009940246 2980 16 99%
1891 2897 0.01010559 2884 13 99%
1892 3140 0.009390682 3128 12 99%
1893 2982 0.009169093 2968 14 99%
1894 2952 0.008715935 2937 15 99%
1895 2964 0.008443964 2952 12 99%
1896 2883 0.008064697 2872 11 99%
1897 2698 0.00777618 2698 100%
1898 2796 0.007329829 2788 8 99%
1899 2455 0.007236892 2445 10 99%
1900 3116 0.006920477 3095 21 99%
1901 2382 0.006888136 2374 8 99%
1902 2525 0.006529052 2514 11 99%
1903 2318 0.006080797 2308 10 99%
1904 2324 0.005759818 2312 12 99%
1905 2304 0.005434962 2298 6 99%
1906 2232 0.005209464 2224 8 99%
1907 2367 0.005086057 2356 11 99%
1908 2357 0.004823503 2357 100%
1909 2343 0.004583118 2338 5 100%
1910 2624 0.004442105 2607 17 99%
1911 2624 0.004072776 2616 8 99%
1912 3367 0.003407681 3357 10 99%
1913 3485 0.003064787 3474 11 99%
1914 3983 0.00281217 3972 11 99%
1915 5068 0.002765732 5044 24 99%
1916 5234 0.002705725 5217 17 99%
1917 5136 0.002559362 5121 15 99%
1918 5343 0.002460952 5324 19 99%
1919 5099 0.002416307 5087 12 100%
1920 5248 0.002319411 5238 10 100%
1921 5084 0.002177763 5072 12 100%
1922 5029 0.00219688 5013 16 99%
1923 4998 0.002170702 4977 21 99%
1924 4920 0.002065829 4897 23 99%
1925 4733 0.002028456 4714 19 99%
1926 4503 0.001961318 4480 23 99%
1927 4352 0.001876381 4327 25 99%
1928 4037 0.001785542 4017 20 99%
1929 3826 0.00174531 3803 23 99%
1930 3577 0.001608878 3555 22 99%
1931 3332 0.001583358 3308 24 99%
1932 3348 0.00158576 3329 19 99%
1933 3181 0.00159094 3152 29 98%
1934 2967 0.001428629 2940 27 98%
1935 2822 0.001350304 2802 20 99%
1936 2846 0.001369864 2831 15 99%
1937 2768 0.001299122 2750 18 99%
1938 2688 0.001214875 2670 18 99%
1939 2701 0.001225809 2685 16 99%
1940 2628 0.001141276 2606 22 98%
1941 2560 0.00105072 2546 14 99%
1942 2622 0.0009598 2605 17 99%
1943 2428 0.000860212 2423 5 100%
1944 2259 0.000839752 2246 13 99%
1945 2058 0.000775752 2052 6 99%
1946 2081 0.000651268 2071 10 99%
1947 2153 0.00059767 2142 11 99%
1948 2104 0.00060941 2098 6 99%
1949 2007 0.000575934 1998 9 99%
1950 1901 0.000542622 1896 5 99%
1951 1731 0.000469903 1731 100%
1952 1709 0.000449973 1709 100%
1953 1600 0.000415191 1590 10 99%
1954 1537 0.000386112 1530 7 99%
1955 1466 0.000365123 1461 5 99%
1956 1347 0.000326701 1340 7 99%
1957 1222 0.000290804 1217 5 99%
1958 1084 0.000262222 1084 100%
1959 1061 0.000255171 1056 5 99%
1960 978 0.000235446 978 100%
1961 890 0.000214856 890 100%
1962 806 0.000199734 798 8 98%
1963 729 0.000184175 724 5 99%
1964 769 0.000197808 769 100%
1965 640 0.00017653 640 100%
1966 619 0.000178096 619 100%
1967 564 0.000166132 564 100%
1968 498 0.000147406 493 5 98%
1969 516 0.000148475 516 100%
1970 529 0.000146679 529 100%
1971 479 0.000139554 474 5 98%
1972 453 0.00014413 453 100%
1973 425 0.000140874 419 6 97%
1974 491 0.000161513 491 100%
1975 477 0.000157979 477 100%
1976 415 0.00013677 415 100%
1977 479 0.000150795 479 100%
1978 443 0.000139577 443 100%
1979 492 0.000147881 487 5 98%
1980 531 0.000154159 531 100%
1981 534 0.000154363 534 100%
1982 567 0.000161632 562 5 98%
1983 560 0.000161694 553 7 98%
1984 685 0.000196345 678 7 98%
1985 947 0.000265332 947 100%
1986 1264 0.000355348 1259 5 99%
1987 1598 0.000443198 1589 9 99%
1988 1806 0.000488763 1795 11 99%
1989 1956 0.000508786 1938 18 98%
1990 2429 0.000614551 2420 9 99%
1991 2595 0.000666193 2595 100%
1992 3213 0.000836441 3213 100%
1993 4116 0.001091696 4108 8 100%
1994 4770 0.001283068 4765 5 100%
1995 5056 0.001380608 5051 5 100%
1996 6156 0.001687872 6150 6 100%
1997 7758 0.002139696 7749 9 100%
1998 10460 0.002843777 10449 11 100%
1999 11767 0.00318555 11750 17 100%
2000 12575 0.003326804 12560 15 100%
2001 13340 0.003563615 13326 14 100%
2002 16572 0.004433042 16557 15 100%
2003 22756 0.005984769 22719 37 100%
2004 21722 0.005685014 21620 102 99%
2005 20395 0.005304505 20359 36 100%
2006 19150 0.004840517 19128 22 100%
2007 18409 0.004604917 18388 21 100%
2008 18841 0.004793337 18826 15 100%
2009 17930 0.004693502 17910 20 100%
2010 17381 0.004702983 17364 17 100%
2011 18855 0.005154749 18822 33 100%
2012 20992 0.005739648 20972 20 100%
2013 20984 0.005755874 20966 18 100%
2014 20974 0.005658897 20962 12 100%
2015 20495 0.005537824 20485 10 100%
2016 19566 0.005333227 19548 18 100%
2017 19884 0.0055601 19870 14 100%
2018 18827 0.005354821 18818 9 100%
2019 17232 0.004964659 17221 11 100%
2020 15733 0.004709665 15714 19 100%
2021 15557 0.004591864 15543 14 100%
2022 14513 0.004289808 14498 15 100%
2023 13596 0.004106069 13579 17 100%
2024 13501 0.00405618 13485 16 100%