Girls' name · since 2002
Emmersen
178 babies named Emmersen in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,960 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
178 babies have been named Emmersen since 2002, making it today's #15960 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Emmersen recorded 178 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #15960 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #21,010 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,960 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 178 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmersen ranks #21,010 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,960 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 178 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,010 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,960 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 178
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmersen's 178 recorded births place it above 70.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emmersen compares
178 35th percentile among 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
Emmersen's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmersen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 178 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emmersen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emmersen's full recorded timeline at 2012, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emmersen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Emmersen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (100 births, 56% of the file).
2010s was Emmersen's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Emmersen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 100 births (56% of all-time use).
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What to do with Emmersen's data
- Emmersen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Emmersen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Emmersen 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.