Eman — #2802 US unisex name
2,172 babies named Eman in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 84% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Eman was born in this single decade.
79 babies were named Eman in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eman
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,172 babies named Eman between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eman currently holds the #2802 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 79 babies received it in a single year. Eman is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 311 additional births since 1977.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eman performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 645 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Eman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 233 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Eman in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eman 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 2,172 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.
Eman at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Eman popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2001)
- 79
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #2802 among girls.
2,172 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 79 births in a single year.
Eman popularity over time — boys
311 total births recorded since 1977 (Eman as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Eman accounts for 13% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 645 births that decade — 30% of Eman's all-time total
Eman decade highlights
- Peak decade 645 births
- Runner-up 511 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Eman's strongest decade
645 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Eman by state
Where Eman concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 233 | 10.7% |
| #2 | California | | 205 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 145 | 6.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 110 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 106 | 4.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 83 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Florida | | 17 | 0.8% |
233 of 2,172 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.7% of nationwide
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 6.7% of nationwide
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.