Girls' name · since 1917
Emmajean
727 babies named Emmajean in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 727
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
727 babies have been named Emmajean since 1917, making it today's #5577 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmajean has been recorded 727 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #5577 nationally and more common than 68% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #9,300 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,577 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 727 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmajean ranks #9,300 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,577 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 727 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,300 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,577 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 727
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmajean's 727 recorded births place it above 87.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Emmajean compares
727 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Emmajean's all-time total is 93% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmajean | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 727 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emmajean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emmajean's full recorded timeline at 1949, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 27 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emmajean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Emmajean by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (192 births, 26% of the file).
2010s was Emmajean's strongest decade.
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Emmajean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 19
1910s
19 births
- 1920s
1920s
109 births
- 1930s
1930s
84 births
- 1940s 76
1940s
76 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s
2010s
192 births
- 2020s
2020s
104 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 192 births (26% of all-time use).
How Emmajean 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 Emmajean's total volume
Emmajean by state
Where Emmajean concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 727 births nationwide.
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What to do with Emmajean's data
- Emmajean's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (192 total births) through the 2020s (104) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Emmajeans (5 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 Emmajean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Emmajean 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.