Emerson

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 14% girls / 86% 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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 62 babies (rank #598 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

631

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

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
1996	16	#914
1997	8	#1,487
1998	15	#963
1999	8	#1,547
2000	13	#1,118
2001	10	#1,402
2002	7	#1,846
2003	19	#983
2004	13	#1,360
2005	18	#1,148
2006	23	#990
2007	26	#960
2008	37	#778
2009	32	#874
2010	22	#1,178
2011	34	#858
2012	31	#951
2013	39	#793
2014	46	#710
2015	62	#598
2016	61	#594