Emerita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Emerita

The Social Security Administration has registered 142 babies named Emerita between 1919 and 2009, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emerita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emerita performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Emerita shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emerita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emerita 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 142 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.