Emrick — #8046 US boys' name
316 babies named Emrick in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 44% of names given to boys today.
59% of everyone ever named Emrick was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Emrick in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emrick
The Social Security Administration has registered 316 babies named Emrick between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emrick currently holds the #8046 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emrick performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Emrick shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emrick in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emrick 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 316 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.
Emrick at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Emrick popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2018)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #8046 among boys.
316 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 30 births in a single year.
Emrick by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 186 births that decade — 59% of Emrick's all-time total
Emrick decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emrick's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Emrick by state
Where Emrick concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 316 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2002–2024 (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.