Emo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Emo

The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Emo between 1917 and 1925, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Emo is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 12 additional births since 1924.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Emo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emo 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 15 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.