How rare is the name Ema?

5,577 people in the United States have the first name Ema, about 1 in 54,157. It ranks #3,657 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

EMA

#3,657

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,577
About
1 in 54,157
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,577 people named Ema, 48.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 37.1% as White and 7.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ema peaked in 2025, when 164 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18832025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
164
In 2025*
164
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,857 babies have been given the name since 1883. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ema by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,916. The largest share of babies named Ema, 37.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,91637
1890s#2,29743
1900s#3,05234
1910s#3,572127
1920s#3,191229
1930s#3,549161
1940s#5,22793
1950s#6,85274
1960s#8,68455
1970s#7,646114
1980s#7,749148
1990s#6,026301
2000s#2,9851,170
2010s#2,7811,424
2020s#2,801847
Before 19011.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–276.8%
Silent Generation 1928–455.5%
Baby boom 1946–643%
Generation X 1965–803.1%
Millennials 1981–966.5%
Generation Z 1997–1235.4%
2013 and later37.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ema is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ema has been most common in Florida (3.8×), Texas (3.2×), and California (2.5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.25×).

2,410 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ema

1 other first name also has 5,577 people.

#3,657 Nydia · 5,577

Either side of Ema

#3,655 Letha · 5,586#3,656 Edmundo · 5,578#3,657 Nydia · 5,577#3,659 Artur · 5,571

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ema, most common first.

#86 Emma · 498,221#4,174 Emi · 4,595#7,565 Emy · 2,006#8,623 Em · 1,674#23,505 Emm · 416#25,481 Emya · 372#30,742 Eme · 282#31,632 Emna · 270

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