Emma

What Emma means

Means “entire”

Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Source: Wiktionary, “Emma” (revision 94539089), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emma?

US: Steady: #1 in 2015, #3 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #60 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1881, when 2,034 girls got the name (#3 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 126 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 473 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 389 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 DC (17.83 per 1,000 girls), AK (17.54 per 1,000 girls), WY (17.26 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Emma is #3 in the US and #85 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Emma 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

• Emmy695 US · 105 E&W
• Emi303 US · 27 E&W
• Eimy238 US
• Ema164 US · 37 E&W
• Emmi124 US · 18 E&W
• Uma55 US · 29 E&W
• Emy63 US · 7 E&W
• Ammy40 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.

If you like Emma

Girls

• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Skylar#167Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #42 in 2015, #167 in 2025
• Alisson#511Variant of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Lorelai#333Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #333 vs #807 in 2025
• Allie#569Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #255 in 2015, #569 in 2025

For a brother

• Wyatt#38“war + hard, brave”^*
• Alonso#785Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #785 vs #1,897 in 2025
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Bruno#740“brown”^*
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025

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