Emma
A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning whole, universal.
How Emma has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #1 |
| 2016 | #1 |
| 2017 | #1 |
| 2018 | #1 |
| 2019 | #2 |
| 2020 | #2 |
| 2021 | #2 |
| 2022 | #2 |
| 2023 | #2 |
| 2024 | #2 |
| 2025 | #3 |
Emma by the numbers
In 2025, 536 babies in England and Wales were named Emma. In the US, 19,752 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 22,704 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 49 American girls born that year was called Emma.
Names that come from Emma
Forms of Emma in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Emmalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn644 in the US (2017)
- Emmiewhole or universal; diminutive of Emma248 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmalynnwhole, universal; combination of Emma and Lynn302 in the US (2017)
- Emmalinewhole, universal; form of Emma297 in the US (2017)
- Emmaleewhole or universal; blend of Emma with -lee suffix227 in the US (2017)
- Emmaleighbeloved; a form of Emma with suffix -leah121 in the US (2017)
- Emalynwhole and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn103 in the US (2017)
- Emalynnwhole, universal and beloved; a blended form of Emma and Lynn69 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Emmywhole or universal; diminutive of Emilia or Emma105 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmewhole or universal; a form of Emma141 in the US (2017)
- Emawhole; universal; short form of Emma37 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmiwhole, universal; a form of Emma18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elmanoble protector; a form of elmer or wilhelmina31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Emmahwhole, universal; variant of Emma24 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emma
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