Emika — #9958 US girls' name
129 babies named Emika in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Emika was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Emika in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emika
The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Emika between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emika currently holds the #9958 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emika performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Emika shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emika 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 129 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.
Emika at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Emika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #9958 among girls.
129 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 18 births in a single year.
Emika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 62 births that decade — 48% of Emika's all-time total
Emika decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Emika's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Emika by state
Where Emika concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 12.4% |
16 of 129 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 12.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.