Emer — unisex name

What the Data Says About Emer

The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Emer between 1888 and 2006, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Emer is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 25 additional births since 1907.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emer performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Emer shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emer 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 77 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.