Emerald
Girl · EM-er-ald · English
Emerald is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the green gemstone”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 741st for girls in the US (367 babies).
What does Emerald mean?
English: gemstone name, ultimately from Greek smaragdos
“the green gemstone”
Gemstone name; the emerald is the traditional birthstone for May.
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- EM-er-ald
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Is Emerald a girl's or a boy's name?
Emerald is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 367 girls and 32 boys in the US.
How popular is Emerald in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,416among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Emerald, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emerald in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Emerald in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,653 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Emerald in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 367about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 367 girls in the US were named Emerald, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 953rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 397 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904. 32 boys were also named Emerald in 2025 (3,512th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Emerald in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emerald in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 367 | #741 |
| 2024 | 397 | #708 |
| 2023 | 377 | #745 |
| 2022 | 373 | #767 |
| 2021 | 299 | #904 |
| 2020 | 268 | #953 |
| 2019 | 271 | #967 |
| 2018 | 252 | #1,026 |
| 2017 | 269 | #975 |
| 2016 | 225 | #1,125 |
| 2015 | 196 | #1,247 |
| 2014 | 220 | #1,139 |
| 2013 | 184 | #1,281 |
| 2012 | 145 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 126 | #1,671 |
| 2010 | 124 | #1,696 |
| 2009 | 161 | #1,444 |
| 2008 | 143 | #1,589 |
| 2007 | 155 | #1,489 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,335 |
| 2005 | 177 | #1,265 |
| 2004 | 174 | #1,248 |
| 2003 | 186 | #1,159 |
| 2002 | 221 | #994 |
| 2001 | 226 | #960 |
| 2000 | 219 | #965 |
| 1999 | 233 | #903 |
| 1998 | 262 | #812 |
| 1997 | 213 | #929 |
| 1996 | 236 | #843 |
| 1995 | 229 | #852 |
| 1994 | 268 | #765 |
| 1993 | 200 | #942 |
| 1992 | 213 | #915 |
| 1991 | 196 | #960 |
| 1990 | 162 | #1,086 |
| 1989 | 161 | #1,054 |
| 1988 | 137 | #1,117 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 102 | #1,304 |
| 1985 | 87 | #1,438 |
| 1984 | 86 | #1,368 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,665 |
| 1982 | 77 | #1,531 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,674 |
| 1980 | 39 | #2,440 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
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