# Emma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emma/  
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 | “entire” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛmə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Emmy |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 778,172 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,733 / 776,439 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 51,284, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

## 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 | 18,825 | 3 |
| 2012 | 20,976 | 2 |
| 2013 | 20,973 | 2 |
| 2014 | 20,970 | 1 |
| 2015 | 20,487 | 1 |
| 2016 | 19,550 | 1 |
| 2017 | 19,873 | 1 |
| 2018 | 18,824 | 1 |
| 2019 | 17,226 | 2 |
| 2020 | 15,723 | 2 |
| 2021 | 15,549 | 2 |
| 2022 | 14,512 | 2 |
| 2023 | 13,590 | 2 |
| 2024 | 13,524 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12,754 | 3 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 3,325 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,747 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,035 |
| 2014 | 12 | 6,759 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,653 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,189 |
| 2017 | 14 | 6,129 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,359 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,305 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,910 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,117 |
| 2022 | 15 | 5,952 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,525 |
| 2024 | 17 | 5,503 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,222 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,221 | 49 |
| 2012 | 1,149 | 50 |
| 2013 | 1,045 | 55 |
| 2014 | 1,071 | 57 |
| 2015 | 1,017 | 60 |
| 2016 | 1,080 | 53 |
| 2017 | 1,042 | 52 |
| 2018 | 957 | 56 |
| 2019 | 900 | 59 |
| 2020 | 816 | 60 |
| 2021 | 860 | 61 |
| 2022 | 747 | 68 |
| 2023 | 654 | 71 |
| 2024 | 666 | 69 |
| 2025 | 536 | 85 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 埃瑪 /埃玛, 艾瑪 /艾玛
- Czech: Ema
- Danish: Emma
- Dutch: Emma
- Estonian: Emma
- Finnish: Emma
- French: Emma
- German: Emma
- Hebrew: אמה
- Icelandic: Emma
- Japanese: エマ
- Korean: 엠마
- Norwegian: Emma
- Portuguese: Ema
- Russian: Э́мма
- Slovak: Ema
- Spanish: Ema
- Swedish: Emma

## People named Emma

- Emma Watson, English actress (born 1990)
- Emma Thompson, English actress and screenwriter (born 1959)
- Emma Raducanu, British tennis player (born 2002)
- Emma Bunton, British singer (born 1976)
- Emma Corrin, British actor (born 1995)
- Emma Mackey, British-French actress and model (born 1996)
- Emma Myers, American actress (born 2002)
- Emma Thomas, British film producer (born 1971)
- Emma Caulfield, American actress
- Emma Lazarus, American poet (1849–1887)
- Emma McKeon, Australian swimmer (born 1994)
- Emma D'Arcy, English actor (born 1992)

## 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.