Girls' name · peaked in 2025
Emersyn name popularity since 1925
22,572 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Emersyn (98.6% girls, 1.4% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Emersyn is about 6 years old in 2026. Emersyn peaked in 2025 as the #138 name for girls, and it ranked #138 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,572
- Named Emersyn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #138
- for girls in 2025 (2,111 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.6% girls
- 22,246 girls · 326 boys
- Most popular in
- Nebraska
- 2.53× its national share
Peak year is the year Emersyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Emersyn births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2022. Measured as a share of all babies, Emersyn peaked in 2025.
- Fastest rise: Between 2013 and 2018, Emersyn became 3.3× more common, from 1 in 2,930 baby girls to 1 in 897.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Emersyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Emersyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Emersyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 14 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 2000s | 992 | 0 | #2,243 |
| 2010s | 9,531 | 147 | #394 |
| 2020–25 | 11,709 | 179 | #138 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
90.5% of babies named Emersyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Emersyn is most popular
The index compares Emersyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Emersyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 2.53× | 386 |
| Iowa | 2.11× | 583 |
| Kansas | 2.05× | 454 |
| Indiana | 1.82× | 936 |
| Oklahoma | 1.75× | 495 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Emersyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Emersyn (this page) | 22,246 | 2025 |
| Emerson | 34,050 | 2025 |
| Emmersyn | 1,240 | 2019 |
| Emersen | 1,039 | 2011 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Emersyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Emersyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Emersyn (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data