Emerson

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Emerson

Brazilian footballer (born 1976)

Choose Emerson and your child shares a first name with Emerson, a Brazilian footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Emerson, like who?” Emerson's Wikipedia article is available in 50 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 717 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Emerson, 2,241 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Emerson would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryEmerson has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Emersons, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearEmerson is at its all-time high right now: #122 in 2025.
• 📈Then vs nowEmerson is 19× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 13,351 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 717.
• 🚀TrendEmerson has climbed 33 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #122. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedEmerson is most popular in New Hampshire, where it ranks #45, followed by South Carolina (#46) and Maine (#57). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• ⚖️Boy or girlEmerson is given to both boys and girls: 62% of the 3,612 babies named Emerson in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn English, Emerson means “son of Emery”. Our records link it to English and German roots.

About the name Emerson

Emerson is a gender-neutral name of English and German origin meaning “son of Emery”. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with E and ending in “-son”. US birth records list Emerson for girls from 1993 to 2025, in 33 of those 33 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #122 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #122, with 2,241 babies. Of the 3,612 US babies named Emerson in 2025, 62% were girls and 38% were boys.

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