Emerson

What Emerson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Emerson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 62% of US babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Emerson?

US: Rising: up from #180 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2705 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,241 girls got the name (#122 that year). First in the US records in 1993.

How common

• About 1 in 717 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,331 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (5.53 per 1,000 girls), ME (4.82 per 1,000 girls), SC (3.88 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Emerson is #122 in the US and #1584 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 62.0% of US babies named Emerson were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emersyn2,111 US · 6 E&W
• Emmerson66 US
• Emmersyn62 US
• Emersen36 US
• Emersynn34 US
• Emercyn5 US
• Emmersen5 US
• Emyrson5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Emmerson

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Emerson

Girls

• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Rylee#137Variant of Riley, meaning “rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Raegan#505Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1963, with 9 babies
• Karsyn#718Editor’s note Used for both: 70% of US babies named Karsyn in 2025 were girls
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*

For a brother

• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Carter#45“son of Arthur”^*
• Finnegan#526“descendant of Fionnagán”^*
• Parker#102From a surname for “a gamekeeper”^*
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emerson’s. Rank is US 2025.