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
Emina's 768 recorded births place it above 87.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
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
- Peak year (2010)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #4931 among girls.
768 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 37 births in a single year.
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
- 1990s 102
1990s
102 births
- 2000s
2000s
248 births
- 2010s
2010s
281 births
- 2020s
2020s
137 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 281 births (37% of all-time use).
Emina decade highlights
- Peak decade 281 births
- Runner-up 248 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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 by state
Where Emina concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| 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% |
52 of 768 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.8% of nationwide
- California 0.7% of nationwide
- Florida 0.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.
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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.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~34 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, 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.
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