Unisex name · since 2002
Emra
79 babies named Emra in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,988 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emra currently ranks #15988 among unisex names in America, with 79 babies recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emra has been recorded 79 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #15988 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #29,735 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,988 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emra ranks #29,735 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,988 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 79 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #29,735 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,988 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emra's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emra compares
79 21st 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
Emra's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Emra's SSA record in two at 2020 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 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Emra popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Emra popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1918 (Emra as boys' name)
Emra by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Emra's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Emra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (63% of all-time use).
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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 Emra 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.