Recorded 1886–2020 · United States
Emogene was most popular in 1927, when 277 American babies were given the name — ranking #753 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,871 people named Emogene.
Emogene first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 72 of the 140 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,871 American births named Emogene 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 835 are estimated to be alive today.
Emogene was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Across the whole record Emogene is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 4,871 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
Roughly 835 Americans named Emogene are alive today — 17% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 85 years old, and half are between 78 and 91.
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.
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