Emme
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EM-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,276 for girls
Emme is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “whole, universal”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 2,276th for girls in the US (80 babies).
What does Emme mean?
Germanic: variant of Emma
“whole, universal”
Variant of Emma, or a short form of names such as Emmeline.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Emme a girl's or a boy's name?
Emme is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 80 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emme in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,961st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Emme, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 76 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Emme than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Emme in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 543 girls in the UK were given Emme or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #113, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Emme in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2021 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 34 | #1,085 |
| 2018 | 41 | #964 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 47 | #864 |
| 2015 | 46 | #878 |
| 2014 | 54 | #779 |
| 2013 | 51 | #807 |
| 2012 | 62 | #713 |
| 2011 | 45 | #872 |
| 2010 | 47 | #831 |
| 2009 | 53 | #752 |
| 2008 | 76 | #549 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Emme in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 80 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were named Emme, making it the 2,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,608th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 227 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Emme in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,688 girls in the US were given Emme or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #213, up from #2,276 for this spelling alone.
Emme in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #2,276 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 81 | #2,269 |
| 2022 | 115 | #1,782 |
| 2021 | 140 | #1,506 |
| 2020 | 130 | #1,608 |
| 2019 | 140 | #1,540 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,748 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,552 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,704 |
| 2015 | 159 | #1,448 |
| 2014 | 143 | #1,526 |
| 2013 | 190 | #1,254 |
| 2012 | 196 | #1,237 |
| 2011 | 217 | #1,127 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,263 |
| 2009 | 227 | #1,116 |
| 2008 | 212 | #1,200 |
| 2007 | 81 | #2,348 |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,107 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 87 | #2,085 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,675 |
| 2002 | 113 | #1,631 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 79 | #2,072 |
| 1999 | 77 | #2,015 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 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 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Emme
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esme, Elodie, Amelie, Phoebe, Aoife, Harper, Emmeline, Maisie, Willow, Isla, Ayla, Evie
Other spellings of Emme
Names related to Emme
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Emme: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emme, updated 20 October 2026.