Emmer — girls' name

What the Data Says About Emmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,155 babies named Emmer between 1880 and 1963, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmer performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 547 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Emmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 267 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Emmer in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emmer in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,155 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.