Emmerson
Recorded 1915–2025 · United States
Emmerson was most popular in 2013, when 193 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,222 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,832, with 89 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,093 people named Emmerson.
Emmerson over time
How old is the name Emmerson?
Emmerson first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1915, which makes it about 110 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 53 of the 111 years since.
How many people are named Emmerson?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,093 American births named Emmerson between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,947 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Emmerson in 2025?
89 American babies were named Emmerson in 2025, ranking #3,832 that year.
Is Emmerson getting more or less popular?
Emmerson is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 97 births a year, against 168 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -42% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Emmerson a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Emmerson is mostly a girl’s name — 80.2% of the 3,093 Americans given it were girls and 19.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 78% girls and 22% 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.
How old is someone named Emmerson?
Roughly 2,947 Americans named Emmerson are alive today — 95% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 12 years old, and half are between 8 and 17. That is a narrow band because Emmerson is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Emmerson 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