Girls' name · since 2003
Emika
Emika has 143 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,754 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emika is the #7754 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 143 recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Emika recorded 143 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #7754 nationally today, ahead of 55% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #23,266 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,754 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emika ranks #23,266 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,754 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 143 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,754 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emika's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Emika compares
143 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emika's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emika splits its recorded history at 2016: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2014 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Emika by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (76 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Emika's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Emika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 76 births (53% 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 | | 24 | 16.8% |
24 of 143 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Emikas (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Emika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2003–2025 (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 Emika 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.