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Girl's name · #3 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Emma was #3 in 1880, slipped to #463, and is currently back at #3. It has spent 6 years as America's #1 name.
Emma had been climbing for nearly two decades when the sitcom Friends gave the name to Rachel’s baby in 2002. The next year brought 6,161 more births — the largest one-year jump in 146 years of records.
See where Emma is more common.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states, the #1 girl's name in 1 of them. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Emma is especially popular in Austria, Norway, and Germany.
#1 in Austria (2025) · #1 in Norway (2025) · #2 in Germany (2025) · #2 in Belgium (2025) · #2 in Switzerland (2025) · #4 in Hungary (2025) · #4 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #4 in Finland (other-lang.) (2025) · #5 in Denmark (2025) · #6 in Ecuador (2025) · #7 in France (2025) · #7 in Netherlands (2025) and 22 more.
Among 3,500 notable people named Emma:
Sports figures appear 1.39× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emma Raducanu, British tennis player (born 2002).
Popular twin pairings with Emma include Ella, Ava, and Abigail for girls, and Ethan, Jack, and Jacob for boys.
About 640 girls a year are given Emmy as their full name and 400 Emmie.
Similar names: Amelia · Emily · Gemma · Charlotte · Ella · Evelyn
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