Emrah — boys' name
119 babies named Emrah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
119 boys have been named Emrah since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 119
- total births
- 1998–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Emrah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Emrah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emrah
The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Emrah between 1998 and 2022, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emrah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emrah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Emrah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emrah 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 119 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.
Emrah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emrah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1998
- Peak year (2006)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
119 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 11 births in a single year.
Emrah popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2023 (Emrah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Emrah accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Emrah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 60 births that decade — 50% of Emrah's all-time total
Emrah decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emrah's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.