Emer
Girl · Irish
Big in Northern Ireland
Emer is a girls' name of Irish origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Emer mean?
Irish
A female given name from Old Irish.
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Is Emer a girl's or a boy's name?
Emer is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Emer, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emer in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 290th in Northern Ireland.
Emer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 30 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,280 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 39 | #714 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 37 | #704 |
| 1998 | 46 | #616 |
| 1997 | 42 | #670 |
| 1996 | 14 | #1,381 |
Names like Emer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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