Emersen
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- EM-er-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Emersen is a name of English origin, meaning “son of Emery”. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
What does Emersen mean?
English: spelling of Emerson; English surname
“son of Emery”
From an English surname meaning son of Emery; associated with the American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Meaning borrowed from Emerson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emersen a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Emersen has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Emersen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,974among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Emersen, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998. 10 boys were also named Emersen in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Emersen in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,560 girls in the US were given Emersen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #59, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 92% of the babies named Emersen in the US in 2006, and 78% in 2025.
Emersen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 39 | #3,825 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 46 | #3,402 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 53 | #3,160 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 55 | #3,053 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
Names like Emersen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addison Everly Haven Ellison Ellie Madisson Madison Hayden Journey Leighton Harper Ember
Other spellings of Emersen
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Emersen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emersen, updated 20 October 2026.