girls:
2.3k births since 1998
#3572 (37th percentile)
boys:
558 births since 1915
#4028 (12th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1915
#5025 (35th percentile)
The name Emmerson is the #5,025 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,903 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 35.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 35.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,572 (37.5% percentile) for all time with 2,345 births since 1998. For boys, it ranks #4,028 (12.1% percentile) for all time with 558 births since 1915.
Emmerson first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1998 for girls). Birth data for Emmerson is available in 51 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 26 years for girls). 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.
The name Emmerson has been given predominantly to girls, with 80.8% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.9% of babies named Emmerson were girls. Interestingly, until around 1999, the name was more popular for boys (93.4% boys from 1915 to 1998), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (85.7% girls from 1999 to 2023).
For girls, Emmerson reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 17.8% percentile (ranked #765) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 89 births per million (ranked 17.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Emmerson ranks #879 for girls (7.2% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 47.0% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Emmerson reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #876) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Emmerson ranks #903 for boys (0.9% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 43.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Emmerson".
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