Emerald
A girls’ name of Middle English origin, meaning the green gemstone.
Babies a year
278
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#741
down from #707
UK popularity
#1512
20 babies
How Emerald has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2017 | #976 |
| 2019 | #969 |
| 2020 | #951 |
| 2021 | #909 |
| 2022 | #768 |
| 2023 | #744 |
| 2024 | #707 |
| 2025 | #741 |
Emerald by the numbers
In 2025, 20 babies in England and Wales were named Emerald. In the US, 278 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 268 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emerald. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Emerald, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Khloeegreen shoot or young plant; a form of Chloe79 in the US (2017)
- Kloegreen shoot, verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe66 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emerald
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