Girls' name · since 1996
Emira
Emira has 470 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,874 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 470
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emira currently ranks #3874 among girls' names in America, with 470 babies recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Emira recorded 470 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #3874 nationally today, ahead of 78% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #12,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,874 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 470 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emira ranks #12,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,874 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 470 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,874 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 470
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emira's 470 recorded births place it above 82.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Emira compares
470 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Emira's all-time total is 25% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 470 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 73 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Emira's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 73, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Emira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 73
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Emira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (247 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Emira's strongest decade.
247 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Emira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 78
2000s
78 births
- 2010s
2010s
129 births
- 2020s
2020s
247 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 247 births (53% of all-time use).
Emira by state
Where Emira concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 25 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.1% |
25 of 470 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Emira's data
- California records the most Emiras (25 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Emira: 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, 1996–2025 (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 Emira 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.