How rare is the name Emerald?

6,640 people in the United States have the first name Emerald, about 1 in 45,487. It ranks #3,237 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

EMERALD

#3,237

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,640
About
1 in 45,487
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,640 people named Emerald, 40.8% reported their origin as White, 24% as Black and 18.6% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Emerald peaked in 2024, when 423 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19042025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
423
In 2025*
399 ▼6%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,056 babies have been given the name since 1904. 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.

Emerald by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,461. The largest share of babies named Emerald, 38.9%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#3,46323
1910s#3,218150
1920s#3,518197
1930s#6,36354
1940s#7,89235
1950s#8,59342
1960s#9,24247
1970s#6,236157
1980s#2,242954
1990s#1,5952,212
2000s#2,1451,876
2010s#2,1312,104
2020s#1,4612,205
Greatest Generation 1901–273.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–640.9%
Generation X 1965–802.2%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1229.7%
2013 and later38.9%

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 Emerald is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emerald has been most common in Texas (2.5×), California (1.9×), and Florida (1.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.21×).

6,600 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.

Either side of Emerald

#3,235 Asma · 6,646#3,235 Gracelynn · 6,646#3,238 Cam · 6,632#3,239 Arun · 6,629

Spelled almost the same

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

#34,440 Emerly · 237#45,015 Emeral · 152#45,674 Emeralda · 148#47,181 Emeril · 139

Also a last name

As a last name, Emerald ranks #113,565 of 156,621, with 164 people. See Emerald as a last name

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