Girls' name · since 2007
Emah
Since 2007, U.S. Social Security records show 54 babies named Emah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 54 have been recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Emah recorded 54 times among girls since 2007, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2015.
- #34,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emah ranks #34,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #34,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emah's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2015
- Peak year (2011)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Emah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Emah's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Emah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~8 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2007–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.