Recorded 1987–2020 Girls' name Peak 2014 47 births

Emanda — girls' name

47 babies named Emanda in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

47 girls have been named Emanda since 1987, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2020.

47
total births
1987–2020
years on record
1980s
peak decade
36%
born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade

36% of everyone ever named Emanda was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

8 babies were named Emanda in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Emanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Emanda between 1987 and 2020, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emanda performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Emanda shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emanda 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 47 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.

Emanda at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

47

Since 1987

34 years of records

Peak year

2014

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1987

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2020

Emanda popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1987

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2014)
8
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
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Emanda by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
17 births that decade — 36% of Emanda's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emanda?
47 babies have been named Emanda since 1987. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2014 with 8 births.
When was Emanda most popular?
Emanda was most popular in the 1980s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Emanda been used?
Emanda has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 34 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Emanda?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emani, Ema, Emalee, Eman, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1987–2020 (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.