By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Emma is most popular
Girls named Emma per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 8.62 per 1,000.
Strongest in Wyoming, Vermont, and Alaska.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Emma born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
| State | Girls 2021–2025 | Per 1,000 | vs national |
| Wyoming | 86 | 20.2 | +134% |
| Vermont | 89 | 18.4 | +113% |
| Alaska | 147 | 17.1 | +98% |
| Rhode Island | 211 | 16.9 | +96% |
| Delaware | 187 | 16.5 | +91% |
| Hawaii | 166 | 14.5 | +68% |
| New Hampshire | 254 | 13.8 | +60% |
| District of Columbia | 162 | 13.7 | +59% |
| Connecticut | 786 | 13.5 | +57% |
| South Dakota | 189 | 13.2 | +54% |
| Massachusetts | 1,556 | 12.9 | +49% |
| Maine | 199 | 12.9 | +49% |
| New Jersey | 2,311 | 12.8 | +49% |
| New Mexico | 309 | 12.7 | +47% |
| Montana | 167 | 12.3 | +43% |
| Florida | 5,162 | 12.1 | +40% |
| North Dakota | 155 | 11.8 | +37% |
| Arizona | 1,626 | 11.6 | +34% |
| Nevada | 530 | 11.4 | +32% |
| California | 9,541 | 11.4 | +32% |
| Idaho | 374 | 11.2 | +30% |
| Utah | 929 | 11.2 | +30% |
| Texas | 8,932 | 11.1 | +29% |
| Colorado | 1,224 | 11.0 | +27% |
| New York | 4,312 | 10.9 | +26% |
| Illinois | 2,464 | 10.8 | +25% |
| Kentucky | 912 | 10.7 | +24% |
| Pennsylvania | 2,508 | 10.6 | +23% |
| Arkansas | 558 | 10.6 | +22% |
| Virginia | 1,786 | 10.5 | +22% |
| West Virginia | 274 | 10.5 | +21% |
| Oregon | 674 | 10.4 | +20% |
| Kansas | 596 | 10.3 | +20% |
| Wisconsin | 1,060 | 10.3 | +19% |
| South Carolina | 921 | 10.2 | +19% |
| Maryland | 1,074 | 10.1 | +18% |
| Iowa | 580 | 9.93 | +15% |
| Nebraska | 351 | 9.76 | +13% |
| Minnesota | 1,050 | 9.73 | +13% |
| Washington | 1,378 | 9.54 | +11% |
| Missouri | 1,130 | 9.38 | +9% |
| Tennessee | 1,473 | 9.30 | +8% |
| Indiana | 1,296 | 9.23 | +7% |
| North Carolina | 2,096 | 9.21 | +7% |
| Oklahoma | 677 | 9.20 | +7% |
| Alabama | 838 | 8.93 | ≈ national |
| Georgia | 2,007 | 8.83 | ≈ national |
| Michigan | 1,557 | 8.55 | ≈ national |
| Ohio | 2,021 | 8.52 | ≈ national |
| Louisiana | 682 | 7.79 | -10% |
| Mississippi | 362 | 7.74 | -10% |
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Emma
Emma is a top-10 name for girls in the United States, ranked #3 in 2025 with 12,754 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1880, 778,172 American babies have been named Emma. Its peak came in 2003, when 22,756 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Emma stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
