girls:
970 births since 1998
#4746 (17th percentile)
boys:
117 births since 2006
#4469 (2nd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1998
#6652 (14th percentile)
The name Emersen is the #6,652 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,087 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 14.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,746 (16.9% percentile) for all time with 970 births since 1998. For boys, it ranks #4,469 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 117 births since 2006.
Emersen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for girls and 2006 for boys).
The name Emersen has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 72.7% of babies named Emersen were girls.
For girls, Emersen reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #928) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Emersen ranks #928 for girls (2.0% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 46.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Emersen reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #904) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Emersen ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 68.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emersen".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Emersen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 89.5% confident that Emersen is pronounced as EH-mer-suhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-mer-sihn, at 10.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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