girls:
4.6k births since 1883
#2524 (56th percentile)
overall:
4.6k births since 1883
#4047 (48th percentile)
The name Ema is the #4,047 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,556 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 47.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,524 (55.8% percentile) for all time with 4,556 births since 1883.
Ema first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for girls in 1883). Birth data for Ema is available in 127 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Ema reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 16.6% percentile (ranked #784) with 83 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 89 births per million (ranked 15.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ema is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #797 (15.9% percentile) with 89 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ema".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ema", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 5 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Emma" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Emma..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ema. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.9% confident that Ema is pronounced as EE-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-muh, at 27.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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