Emma

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Emma is a feminine given name. It is derived from the Germanic word ermen, meaning "whole" or "universal". It likely originated as a short form of names such as Ermengarde or Ermentrude.

From Wikipedia

Emma first appears in the data in 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2003 with 841 babies (rank #2 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Emma

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

17,329
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
841
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1952104#143
1953107#141
1954109#143
1955101#153
1956107#148
195799#170
195891#184
195989#193
196088#194
196182#205
196263#251
196368#244
196467#244
196567#245
196653#291
196763#259
196846#326
196946#346
197037#391
197132#404
197224#471
197330#390
197426#418
197522#446
197622#436
197737#324
197837#323
197933#345
198052#269
198155#262
198252#261
198358#240
198451#270
198580#198
198696#184
1987118#147
1988154#114
1989192#94
1990226#83
1991182#102
1992250#68
1993305#48
1994353#39
1995383#31
1996433#30
1997468#24
1998665#14
1999779#11
2000754#10
2001696#13
2002701#11
2003841#2
2004749#3
2005731#2
2006648#6
2007640#6
2008666#5
2009781#1
2010691#3
2011713#1
2012653#2
2013659#3
2014704#2