Emerson

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 50% girls / 50% boys

Meaning

Emerson is an English given name, a transferred use of an English surname coming either from Anglo-Saxon Emars sunu, "Emar's son," or from "Emery's son." It is in use for both boys and girls. Spelling variants such as Emersyn are also in regular use.

From Wikipedia

Emerson first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 1,343 babies (rank #269 that year). In 2024 it was given to 1,270 boys (rank #270). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Emerson

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Emerson yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

63,935

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,343

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Emerson

Emerson FittipaldoChamp Car driver · b. 1946
Emersonassociation football player · b. 1976
Emerson Palmieriassociation football player · b. 1994
Emerson Royalassociation football player · b. 1999
Emerson Thomeassociation football player · b. 1972

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	25	#344
1881	20	#377
1882	15	#475
1883	20	#384
1884	15	#493
1885	17	#446
1886	17	#437
1887	16	#428
1888	18	#449
1889	22	#383
1890	13	#543
1891	21	#379
1892	19	#449
1893	20	#407
1894	23	#390
1895	21	#430
1896	20	#445
1897	13	#588
1898	25	#397
1899	19	#428
1900	34	#382
1901	25	#374
1902	28	#373
1903	26	#383
1904	30	#371
1905	36	#341
1906	28	#414
1907	41	#335
1908	32	#422
1909	41	#373
1910	52	#356
1911	59	#357
1912	142	#304
1913	114	#404
1914	164	#370
1915	229	#354
1916	225	#361
1917	229	#371
1918	273	#348
1919	264	#351
1920	259	#373
1921	236	#395
1922	254	#378
1923	222	#402
1924	249	#379
1925	231	#394
1926	187	#442
1927	186	#448
1928	188	#435
1929	127	#520
1930	171	#455
1931	124	#520
1932	141	#481
1933	121	#514
1934	130	#508
1935	110	#549
1936	108	#549
1937	116	#540
1938	121	#530
1939	96	#588
1940	125	#520
1941	113	#566
1942	116	#576
1943	115	#593
1944	103	#606
1945	82	#665
1946	97	#654
1947	116	#640
1948	109	#651
1949	117	#634
1950	102	#679
1951	112	#661
1952	88	#752
1953	101	#707
1954	117	#666
1955	79	#825
1956	88	#794
1957	93	#780
1958	79	#852
1959	87	#819
1960	89	#811
1961	74	#891
1962	89	#804
1963	89	#803
1964	88	#806
1965	74	#854
1966	67	#884
1967	68	#869
1968	64	#902
1969	57	#1,019
1970	70	#960
1971	63	#1,028
1972	66	#994
1973	66	#997
1974	56	#1,101
1975	66	#1,012
1976	78	#941
1977	68	#1,049
1978	73	#1,020
1979	74	#1,030
1980	67	#1,107
1981	72	#1,074
1982	75	#1,051
1983	76	#1,016
1984	89	#933
1985	87	#976
1986	100	#914
1987	86	#1,025
1988	95	#995
1989	111	#969
1990	130	#905
1991	106	#1,048
1992	119	#993
1993	130	#943
1994	112	#1,054
1995	139	#943
1996	127	#988
1997	119	#1,066
1998	167	#868
1999	168	#896
2000	170	#911
2001	225	#762
2002	223	#774
2003	264	#709
2004	267	#718
2005	387	#585
2006	469	#539
2007	537	#493
2008	585	#473
2009	639	#437
2010	636	#430
2011	737	#387
2012	838	#363
2013	979	#331
2014	1,055	#324
2015	1,203	#300
2016	1,226	#295
2017	1,321	#276
2018	1,242	#284
2019	1,343	#269
2020	1,276	#268
2021	1,237	#278
2022	1,268	#274
2023	1,260	#268
2024	1,270	#270