Eme — girls' name
47 babies named Eme in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
47 girls have been named Eme since 2004, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2017.
- 47
- total births
- 2004–2017
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Eme was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Eme in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eme
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Eme between 2004 and 2017, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eme currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eme performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Eme shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eme 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.
Eme at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eme popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2004
- Peak year (2012)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
47 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 9 births in a single year.
Eme by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 60% of Eme's all-time total
Eme decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eme's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 2004–2017 (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.