Emerson

Boy · recorded 1880–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #254in 2025
  • 1 in 1,245boys in 2025
  • +28%last ten years
  • 2.5×in New Hampshire

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 28% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Emerson, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880226
1881199
1882132
1883191
1884131
1885158
1886153
1887158
1888149
1889199
1890117
1891208
1892156
1893178
1894199
1895179
1896167
1897115
1898204
1899179
1900226
1901235
1902228
1903218
1904234
1905272
1906210
1907279
1908207
1909250
1910268
1911261
1912330
1913222
1914250
1915270
1916253
1917247
1918269
1919269
1920243
1921214
1922233
1923203
1924220
1925207
1926168
1927165
1928170
1929118
1930156
1931119
1932135
1933122
1934126
1935106
1936104
1937109
1938109
193987
1940108
194192
194284
194381
194476
194561
194660
194763
194862
194965
195057
195159
195245
195351
195457
195538
195642
195743
195837
195941
196042
196135
196243
196344
196444
196540
196638
196739
196837
196932
197038
197136
197241
197342
197436
197542
197650
197741
197844
197943
198038
198140
198241
198342
198449
198547
198654
198746
198850
198955
199063
199152
199260
199366
199458
199573
199667
199763
199887
199987
200087
2001116
2002115
2003134
2004135
2005194
2006228
2007259
2008287
2009322
2010331
2011388
2012442
2013518
2014550
2015628
2016646
2017714
2018684
2019749
2020739
2021708
2022727
2023737
2024741
2025803

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Hampshire 2.5×
  2. Wisconsin 1.8×
  3. Tennessee 1.8×
  4. New Mexico 1.8×
  5. Ohio 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,371
Rank in 2025
#254
How rare
1 in 1,245 boys
Since 1880
33,521

Most popular in 2025, at 803 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 28% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Hampshire2.5×25
Wisconsin1.8×97
Tennessee1.8×147
New Mexico1.8×26
Ohio1.7×204

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.