Girls' name · since 2000
Emiah
222 babies named Emiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emiah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 222 have been recorded since 2000.
Emiah has 222 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2023.
- #18,742 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 222 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emiah ranks #18,742 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 222 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,742 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 222
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emiah's 222 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emiah's full recorded timeline at 2012, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2023
- Peak year (2014)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Emiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (109 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Emiah's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Emiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
109 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 109 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Emiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.