Boys' name · since 2007
Emmerich
270 babies named Emmerich in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,229 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,655 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
270 babies have been named Emmerich since 2007, making it today's #4655 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmerich has been recorded 270 times among boys since 2007, currently ranked #4655 nationally and more common than 67% of boys, 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 2007 to 2025.
- #11,229 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,655 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 270 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmerich ranks #11,229 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,655 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 270 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,229 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,655 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 270
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmerich's 270 recorded births place it above 75.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emmerich compares
270 43rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Emmerich's all-time total is 27% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmerich | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 270 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Emmerich's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Emmerich's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Emmerich popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Emmerich by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (150 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Emmerich's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Emmerich births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s
2020s
108 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 150 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Emmerich's data
- Emmerich's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (150 total births) through the 2020s (108) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emmerich: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 Emmerich 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.