Emerson

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Emerson: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Emerson: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #594 in 2016, and it stood at #678 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#594highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3900
2005	#2247
2006	#2781
2007	#1965
2008	#2721
2009	#4564
2010	#5707
2013	#2887
2014	#2058
2015	#2705
2016	#1920
2017	#3229
2018	#2901
2019	#2643
2020	#2843
2021	#3519
2022	#3148
2023	#2689
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #690 among boys in England and Wales, #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #898 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #594 among boys in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Emerson appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 948 births with the name.

Emerson across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Emerson's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#898 (1996)	#594 (2016)	#678 (2024)	29 of 29	948 (1996–2024)	62 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#3900 (1999)	#1920 (2016)	#2253 (2024)	19 of 26	157 (1999–2024)	15 (2016)

Emerson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Emerson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000s	198	10 of 10	20
2010s	434	10 of 10	43
2020sbusiest	269	5 of 10	54

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 54 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Emerson appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #594 in England and Wales in 2016.

Emerson's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#678	54	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#614	58	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#606	61	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#632	58	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#812	38	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2643	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#723	46	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#690	50	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#779	43	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1920	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#594	61	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#597	62	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#710	46	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#788	39	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#947	31	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#852	34	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1171	22	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#868	32	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#775	37	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#952	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1135	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1799	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1505	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#898	16	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #594, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 22 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alberto · #596, 28y
Anand · #596, 29y
Gian · #596, 29y
Ilias · #596, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Harleen · #594, 29y
Alberto · #596, 28y
Albin · #596, 17y
Anand · #596, 29y

Emerson was ranked #594 in England and Wales · Boys in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Emerson and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Emerson without appearing here.

Emerson moved ahead of

Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #5891.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5707 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #5691.
Therese Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5707 and #3156 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #5691.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2643 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Emerson

Dylan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1965 and #2085 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2721 and #1516.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1920 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2201.
Lachlan Compare
In 1996 they stood at #898 and #1040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1454 and #678.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1920 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #2502.

Moved the opposite way to Emerson

Abigail Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 while Abigail went from #20 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 while Aisling went from #410 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 while Alex went from #204 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Emerson

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emerson went from #1454 to #678 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Ada Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 and Ada from #2189 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 and Alma from #3225 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Emerson went from #3900 to #2253 and Alyssa from #483 to #285.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #594 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emerson

Emerson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emerson across 2 official records

Emerson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Emerson appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Emerson

Emerson and the names beside it

Emerson moved ahead of

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Emerson at a glance

Emerson across 2 official records

Emerson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Emerson appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Emerson

Emerson and the names beside it

Emerson moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emerson

Moved the opposite way to Emerson

Moved the same way as Emerson