Emersen
Feminine · “son of Emery”
Emersen is given to both — 1,039 girls and 136 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Emersen is a respelling of Emerson, an English surname meaning son of Emery — and Emery is a Germanic name about ruling work.
How old is the name Emersen?
Emersen first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Emersen alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,000 people named Emersen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emersen most popular?
Emersen peaked in 2008, reaching #2887 nationally. Today it ranks #3975, 1,088 places below that high. See the whole 2008 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Emmerich to Emersen
The story of Emersen
Emerson is a northern English surname and was carried by the American essayist whose work shaped nineteenth-century American thought more than almost anyone's. The surname moved into American given names in the 2000s and went heavily to girls, which is unusual for a -son name; Emersen, Emersyn and Emerson are all in use for them.
Meaning
son of Emery
From Germanic amal, work, and ric, a ruler, giving Emmerich and English Emery; the patronymic -son records the relationship. The abrasive mineral emery is a separate word from a Greek place name.
How the name formed
- Emmerich
- Emery
- Emerson
- Emersen
Related forms: Emerson · Emmerich
Pronouncing Emersen
EM-er-sun
Three syllables, first stressed. Emersen and Emerson are said identically.
Nicknames for Emersen
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
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 200861 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2887reached in 2008
- Change vs 2024
- +12.5%36 in 2025, from 32
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.
Emersen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emerson in English — spelling variant
- Emmerich in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, North Carolina.
Emersens among us
people named Emersen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 44,646 born in 2025 was named Emersen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Emersen
- #3975
- Emersen on the 2025 chart
- #919
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emersen went to 36 girls in 2025, but Emmersen is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 41, which makes it the 919th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,056 places above the chart.
- Emersen36
- Emmersen5
About 1 girl in 39,202 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 44,646 for Emersen 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 Parisa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emersen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Parisa climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Parisa's path sketches the road Emersen is walking now.
Emersen sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Emersen is headed
Emersen should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Emersen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emersen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Germanic meaning with both elements clearly attested.
- Em and Emmy are both warm short forms in very current use.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Emerson is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- The -son ending means son of, which reads oddly for a girl once she knows it.
- Emersen, Emersyn and Emerson are all in use and none is dominant.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emersens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Emersen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Emersen?
- Emersen is the most-used spelling in US records — 36 of the 41 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Emmersen.
- How popular is the name Emersen in 2025?
- Emersen ranks #3975 among US girl names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emersen?
- About 1 in every 44,646 US girls born in 2025 was named Emersen — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emersen with classmates?
- Emersen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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