Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 50% girls / 50% boys
Origin: EnglishEmerson 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
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.
#270 nationally with 1,270 births — Emerson trails almost everything else in this batch by current standing, though it's actually down only slightly from a 2019 peak of 1,343, when the rank also hit its own best, #268, a year later.
Every single decade since 1880 shows at least some record of this name, and its total, 63,935 births, reflects that long, quiet consistency.
Astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard and racing champion Emerson Fittipaldi anchor it in science and motorsport, an unusually low-key namesake pair.
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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 |
