Emeric
Masculine · “work ruler”
Emeric is the name behind America. Amerigo Vespucci's forename is the Italian of Emeric, and the continents carry a Germanic compound about power at work.
How old is the name Emeric?
Emeric first appears in US birth records in 1924 — 101 years ago. The typical Emeric is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Emeric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emeric most popular?
Emeric peaked in 2025, reaching #1571 nationally. Today it ranks #1571, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amal ric to Emeric
The story of Emeric
Saint Emeric of Hungary was the son of King Stephen, died young in a hunting accident, and became a patron of Hungarian youth; Imre is the Hungarian form. The Italian Amerigo gave its name to two continents when Waldseemüller labeled them America on his 1507 map. Emeric appears in the American registers and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
work ruler, whole ruler
From the Germanic amal, 'work' or 'labor', and ric, 'ruler'; a competing first element is ermen, 'whole' or 'universal'. Emmerich, Amerigo, Imre and Emeric are all the same name. The naming of America after Amerigo Vespucci's forename is documented from 1507.
How the name formed
- amal ric
- Emmerich
- Emeric
Related forms: Imre · Amerigo · Emmerich · Émeric
Pronouncing Emeric
EM-uh-rik
Three syllables, stress on the first. French Émeric puts the stress at the end; Hungarian Imre is IM-reh.
Nicknames for Emeric
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1924
- Most boys named
- 2025108 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1571reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +77.0%108 in 2025, from 61
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Emeric in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Imre in Hungarian — related form
- Amerigo in Italian — related form
- Emmerich in German — related form
- Émeric in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Ohio.
Emerics among us
people named Emeric are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 15,816 born in 2025 was named Emeric
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emeric
- #1571
- Emeric on the 2025 chart
- #749
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emeric went to 108 boys in 2025, but Emerick, Emerik and Emeryk and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 180, which makes it the 749th most-given boys’ name of the year — 822 places above the chart.
- Emeric108
- Emerick41
- Emerik17
- Emeryk8
- Emmerick6
About 1 boy in 9,489 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 15,816 for Emeric itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Saad test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emeric's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Saad climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Saad's path sketches the road Emeric is walking now.
Emeric is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Emeric is headed
Emeric should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Emeric beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emeric in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two continents are named after a form of it, which no other name can say.
- A documented Hungarian royal saint carries it.
- Em and Ric are two short forms at very different registers.
- The first element is genuinely disputed between two Germanic words.
- Emery and Emory are close enough to cause confusion.
- It is rare enough in English to be asked about constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emerics are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Emeric are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emeric?
- Emeric is the most-used spelling in US records — 108 of the 180 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Emerick, Emerik, Emeryk and Emmerick.
- How popular is the name Emeric in 2025?
- Emeric ranks #1571 among US boy names in 2025, with 108 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emeric?
- About 1 in every 15,816 US boys born in 2025 was named Emeric — 108 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emeric with classmates?
- Emeric will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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