Girls' name · since 2005
Emunah
Emunah has 377 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 377
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
377 babies have been named Emunah since 2005, making it today's #4338 girls' name.
Emunah has 377 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4338 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #14,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,338 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 377 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emunah ranks #14,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,338 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 377 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,338 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 377
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emunah's 377 recorded births place it above 80.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Emunah compares
377 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Emunah's all-time total is 0% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emunah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 377 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emunah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emunah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 40 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emunah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Emunah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (184 births, 49% of the file).
2020s was Emunah's strongest decade.
184 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Emunah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 43
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
150 births
- 2020s
2020s
184 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 184 births (49% of all-time use).
Emunah by state
Where Emunah concentrates geographically, total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 52 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 2.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 10 | 2.7% |
52 of 377 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Emunahs (52 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Emunah 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.