Emeka
Boy · eh-MEH-kah · Igbo
Emeka is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “has done great things”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Emeka mean?
Igbo: short form of Chukwuemeka
“has done great things”
Short form of Chukwuemeka, 'God has done great things'.
- Say it
- eh-MEH-kah
Is Emeka a girl's or a boy's name?
Emeka is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emeka in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Emeka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Emeka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Emeka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Emeka, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Emeka in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emeka in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Emeka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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