Girls name
Emma
Emma is a girls' name given to 696,110 girls in the United States since 1910, peaking in 2003 with 22,719 births. It has appeared in 51 states, and reached its highest rank of #1 among girls names in California in 2017.
Which states favor Emma
Emma by state
Top states by all-time births named Emma. States with a full trend page are linked; the rest show all-time totals from the same SSA data.
| Rank | State | All-time births | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 62,949 | #5 (2025) |
| 2 | Texas | 59,614 | #1 (2025) |
| 3 | New York | 38,545 | #1 (2025) |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 34,715 | #5 (2025) |
| 5 | Florida | 30,274 | #4 (2025) |
| 6 | Ohio | 28,254 | #7 (2025) |
| 7 | Illinois | 26,424 | #4 (2025) |
| 8 | North Carolina | 25,157 | #5 (2025) |
| 9 | Georgia | 24,534 | #4 (2025) |
| 10 | Michigan | 19,924 | #8 (2025) |
| 11 | Virginia | 18,974 | #2 (2025) |
| 12 | Tennessee | 18,900 | #4 (2025) |
| 13 | New Jersey | 17,113 | #1 (2025) |
| 14 | Alabama | 16,867 | #5 (2025) |
| 15 | Indiana | 16,405 | #6 (2025) |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 15,872 | #3 (2025) |
| 17 | Missouri | 15,677 | #7 (2025) |
| 18 | Kentucky | 14,711 | #6 (2025) |
| 19 | South Carolina | 13,185 | #4 (2025) |
| 20 | Washington | 12,879 | #7 (2025) |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (public domain).