Emmerson
Mostly boys · EM-er-sun · English
Emmerson is a name of English origin, meaning “son of Emery”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Emmerson 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.
- Say it
- EM-er-sun
Meaning borrowed from Emerson. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emmerson a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Emmerson has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 66 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Emmerson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Emmerson, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Emmerson than any year since 2016.
In 2025, 85 boys in the UK were given Emmerson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #485, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Emerson 80
- Emmerson 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Emmerson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Emmerson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Emmerson, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,977th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 171 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998. 23 boys were also named Emmerson in 2025 (4,395th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Emmerson in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,560 girls in the US were given Emmerson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #59, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 74% of the babies named Emmerson in the US were girls.
Emmerson in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,425 |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,186 |
| 2020 | 95 | #1,977 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 102 | #1,937 |
| 2017 | 123 | #1,721 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 154 | #1,488 |
| 2014 | 158 | #1,436 |
| 2013 | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2012 | 136 | #1,591 |
| 2011 | 108 | #1,857 |
| 2010 | 122 | #1,713 |
| 2009 | 136 | #1,639 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,717 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,929 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,846 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,586 |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,885 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
Names like Emmerson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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