Emerick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EM-er-ik
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Emerick is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “great ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Emerick mean?
Germanic: variant of Emmerich
“great ruler”
Its Italian form, Amerigo, was borne by the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, after whom America is named.
Is Emerick a girl's or a boy's name?
Emerick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emerick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,990th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Emerick, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Emerick in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 188 boys in the US were given Emerick or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,030, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.
Emerick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 47 | #2,634 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,263 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 9 | #2,985 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Names like Emerick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everett, Emmett, Eliam, Maverick, Elian, Eliel, Hendrix, Elio, Everest, Endrick, Elias, Evander
Other spellings of Emerick
Names related to Emerick
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Emerick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emerick, updated 20 October 2026.