Girls' name · since 1991

Emina

Emina has 768 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#8,987 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#4,931 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
768
born since 1991
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Emina is the #4931 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 768 recorded since 1991.

Emina has 768 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4931 as of the latest data, more common than 71% of girls, 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 1991 to 2025.

  • #8,987 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #4,931 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 768 born since 1991
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emina ranks #8,987 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,931 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 768 born since 1991, peaking in the 2010s.

#8,987 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#4,931 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
768
born since 1991
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%71.4%
Emina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Emina's 768 recorded births place it above 87.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Emina compares

768 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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

Emina's all-time total is 104% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Emina Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 768 376 567,345
Peak-year births 37 21 19,840

Emina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Emina's full recorded timeline at 2009, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Emina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2010)
37
Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
010203040 19911998200320082013201820232025 27

Emina by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (281 births, 37% of the file).

2010s was Emina's strongest decade.

281 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.

Emina births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 281 births (37% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Emina compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Emina's total volume

Emina vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 4%6%8%10%12% 20406080100 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -50, 4.7%-56, 7.7%-39, 8.5%-54, 5.5%-36, 6.4%-33, 6.8%-25, 6.9%-37, 7.9%-24, 8.7%-36, 6.6%-23, 9.8%-44, 8.5%-50, 4.6%-43, 7.8%-82, 8.9%Emina-35, 4.8%Emina
Emina vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Emina by state

Where Emina concentrates geographically, total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Emina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
52 6.8%
#2 California
5 0.7%
#3 Florida
5 0.7%
#4 Illinois
5 0.7%
New York share of Emina's total US births 6.8%
Even split

52 of 768 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emina?
768 babies have been named Emina since 1991. All-time, it sits at #8,987 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #4,931 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2010 with 37 births.
Where does Emina sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emina ranks #8,987 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,931 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Emina most popular?
Emina was most popular in the 2010s decade with 281 total births. The single peak year was 2010.
Where is Emina most popular?
The top states for the name Emina are New York (52 births), California (5 births), Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Emina been used?
Records for Emina go back to 1991, giving 35 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Emina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emily, Emilia, Emilie, Emilee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Emina's data

  • Emina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (281 total births) through the 2020s (137) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • New York records the most Eminas (52 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Emina

Nearby Names Like Emina

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Emina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1991–2025 (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 Emina 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.