Ema — #1554 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ema

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,693 babies named Ema between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ema currently holds the #1554 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 161 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ema performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,424 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ema shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 578 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ema in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ema in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,693 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.