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Emerson

Pronounced /ˈɛmɚ.sən/

Rank in 2024
#151
Born in 2024
1,965
Peak year
2017 · #150
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:1,270 in 2024 (#270)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 1,965 girls were named Emerson, about 1 in every 821.
  • It peaked in 2017 with 1,978 babies, ranked #150.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1993.
  • 31,797 girls have been named Emerson since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Emerson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 1.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 57 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 9,986 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 21,754 babies, 1.07 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Emery + -son.

  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈɛmɚ.sən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Emerson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Emersyn

    Rank
    #154
    Born '24
    1,908
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Emmerson

    Rank
    #2,671
    Born '24
    65
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20132024