Is Emmer a boy or girl name?

Emmer is a girl’s name. Of the 2,166 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

Emmer

Recorded 1880–1963 · United States

Emmer was most popular in 1926, when 74 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,551 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,166 people named Emmer.

Emmer over time

Births per year. The dot marks Emmer’s peak in 1926. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Emmer a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Emmer is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 2,166 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Emmer

Where Emmer is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org