Emunah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-moo-NAH
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
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Emunah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “faith, faithfulness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Emunah mean?
Hebrew
“faith, faithfulness”
Emunah is the central Hebrew word for faith and trust in God.
Is Emunah a girl's or a boy's name?
Emunah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emunah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Emunah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Emunah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
How popular is Emunah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Emunah, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Emunah in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emunah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
Names like Emunah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Nusaybah Umamah Umaymah Aakifah Zemirah Azeemah Musfirah Ruqayyah Aaminah Sumayyah Aaliyah
Names related to Emunah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Emunah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emunah, updated 20 October 2026.