Emme
Feminine · “whole”
Emme is a French spelling of Emmy, and the Germanic ermen behind Emma means whole or universal — the whole of something.
How old is the name Emme?
Emme first appears in US birth records in 1918 — 107 years ago. The typical Emme alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,600 people named Emme are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Emme most popular?
Emme peaked in 2009, reaching #1116 nationally. Today it ranks #2276, 1,160 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ermen to Emme
The story of Emme
Ermen names the whole of a thing and appears across Germanic naming; the Irminsul, a pillar Charlemagne destroyed in 772, carried the same element. Emma of Normandy was queen of England twice over, married to two kings and mother of two more. Emme is a modern French-influenced spelling and is in current American use.
Meaning
whole, universal
Through Emma, from the Germanic ermen or irmin, 'whole' or 'universal', an element that opens Ermentrude and Irmgard. The Old Saxon god Irmin may carry the same word. The element is documented and the reading standard.
How the name formed
- ermen
- Emma
- Emme
Related forms: Emme · Emmy · Emma
Pronouncing Emme
EM-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. French would say EM with one.
Nicknames for Emme
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
- 1918
- Most girls named
- 2009227 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1116reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- +1.3%80 in 2025, from 79
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.
Emme in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Emme in French — same name
- Emmy in English — spelling variant
- Emma in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Emmes among us
people named Emme are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,091 born in 2025 was named Emme
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jeni test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emme's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jeni climbed just as high around 1972, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jeni's path sketches the road Emme is walking now.
Emme 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 Emme is headed
Emme is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Emme beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Emme in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The whole-and-universal meaning is unusually large for a short name.
- Em is available as a fashionable short form.
- Emma is available as a full formal version.
- The spelling gives no guide to whether it is one syllable or two.
- Emmy and Emme are both in circulation.
- It reads as a diminutive rather than a full name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Emmes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Emme are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Emme in 2025?
- Emme ranks #2276 among US girl names in 2025, with 80 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Emme?
- About 1 in every 20,091 US girls born in 2025 was named Emme — 80 in all.
- Will my child share the name Emme with classmates?
- Emme will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Emme
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