Girl name#33 of girl names
Emma
Pronounced EH1 M AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2003
- 145 years in use
How popular is Emma?
Emma is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 767,145 children — the 33rd most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2003, when 22,733 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 M AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Emma
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Emma
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Emma?
- Emma ranks 33rd among girls' names in US records, with 767,145 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 170,164.
- Is Emma a unisex name?
- No. Emma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Emma most popular?
- 2003, when 22,733 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.