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Emmerson

Feminine · “son of Emery”

Emmerson is given to both — 2,480 girls and 613 boys since 1880. See Emmerson as a boy nameSee other names given to both

1998high 2013
#2607 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare66 girls in 2025

Emmerson is son of Emery — the Germanic work-ruler — and the same name gave America its own.

How old is the name Emmerson?

Emmerson first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Emmerson is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,500 people named Emmerson are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Emmerson most popular?

Emmerson peaked in 2013, reaching #1362 nationally. Today it ranks #2607, 1,245 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Emmerson

Amerigo Vespucci's name is the Italian form of the same Germanic compound, and a 1507 map Latinized it as America. Ralph Waldo Emerson carried the surname. Emmerson is a modern spelling used for both sexes and appears in the registers in current use.

Meaning

son of Emery

A patronymic from Emery, from the Germanic amal, 'work' or 'vigor', and ric, 'ruler'. The same amal opens Amerigo, whose Latinized name gave America. The doubled m is a modern spelling. The construction is documented.

How the name formed

  1. amal ric
  2. Emery
  3. Emerson
  4. Emmerson

Related forms: Emerson · Amerigo

Pronouncing Emmerson

EM-ur-sun

Three syllables, stress on the first. Emmerson and Emerson are said identically.

Nicknames for Emmerson

Moderate

EmmyThe front stretched, and a name in its own right with a real record
EmThe front sound alone, and a fashionable short form in its own right
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1998–20251718601716619982025

US babies named Emmerson per year from 1998 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#13621990s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1998
Most girls named
2013171 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1362reached in 2013
Change vs 2024
+1.5%66 in 2025, from 65
Emmerson sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2013, with 171 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Emmerson in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Emerson in English — spelling variant
  • Amerigo in Italian — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Illinois.

Emmersons among us

2,500

people named Emmerson are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 24,353 born in 2025 was named Emmerson

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Emmerson

#2607
Emmerson on the 2025 chart
#128
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Emmerson went to 66 girls in 2025, but Emerson is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 2,307, which makes it the 128th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,479 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 697 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 24,353 for Emmerson 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

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Is it right for you

The Candra test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Emmerson's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Candra climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Candra's path sketches the road Emmerson is walking now.

40%chance Emmerson will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Emmerson, aligned on its peakCandra· peak 1984not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsCandra · #13807Emmerson today
Emmerson today is about where Candra stood in 1996 — 12 years past a #1362-sized peak. By 2011, Candra had settled around #13807.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Emmerson 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 Emmerson is headed

19982030

US babies named Emmerson per year, 1998 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Emmerson is easing off slowly — about 17% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-17% by 2030projected around #3,095 in 2030

High 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.

Emmerson beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Emmerson in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Emmersonthis name66#2607Navie66#2607Ellyana66#2607Atalia66#2607Maddox66#2607

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That the name behind America is the same compound is a first-rate fact.
  • Emmy and Em are two short forms, both with real currency.
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson is a first-rate bearer.
What to consider
  • Emerson with one m is the standard spelling.
  • It reads as masculine and as a surname to many.
  • It is used for both sexes in America.

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Frequently asked

How many Emmersons are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Emmerson are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Emmerson?
Emmerson is one of 2 recorded spellings. Emerson is the more common one — 2,241 births in 2025 against 66 for Emmerson.
How popular is the name Emmerson in 2025?
Emmerson ranks #2607 among US girl names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Emmerson?
About 1 in every 24,353 US girls born in 2025 was named Emmerson — 66 in all.
Will my child share the name Emmerson with classmates?
Emmerson will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Emmerson

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Navie#2607 · Ellyana#2607 · Atalia#2607 · Maddox#2607 · Henny#2607 · Diane#2607 · Adella#2607 · Delylah#2607

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