# Emerald (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emerald/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,056 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 538 / 9,518 (95% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 360, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From emerald. The Queensland town takes its name from the emerald and other precious stone deposits in the area and from the pastoral run Emerald Downs, a name chosen circa 1860 by pastoralist Peter Fitzallan MacDonald. It is unclear if emeralds were found in or around Emerald. The given name is a modern coinage from the name of the gemstone, representing a vernacular form of Esmeralda.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 126 | 1,676 |
| 2012 | 145 | 1,526 |
| 2013 | 184 | 1,282 |
| 2014 | 220 | 1,139 |
| 2015 | 196 | 1,248 |
| 2016 | 225 | 1,127 |
| 2017 | 269 | 976 |
| 2018 | 252 | 1,026 |
| 2019 | 271 | 967 |
| 2020 | 268 | 954 |
| 2021 | 299 | 905 |
| 2022 | 373 | 767 |
| 2023 | 377 | 745 |
| 2024 | 397 | 708 |
| 2025 | 367 | 741 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 11,493 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,216 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,972 |
| 2014 | 14 | 6,089 |
| 2015 | 6 | 11,090 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,459 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,127 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,358 |
| 2019 | 23 | 4,378 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,684 |
| 2021 | 19 | 4,978 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,504 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,933 |
| 2024 | 26 | 4,108 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3,536 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,288 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,230 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

## People named Emerald

- Emerald Fennell, English actress, filmmaker and writer (born 1985)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.