Emerald

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Emerald is ranked 707th among girls in 2024 (396 births). Its best rank was 707th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #707up 38 from 2023
Births in 2024: 3960.02% of girls
Peak year: 2024396 births
Best rank: #707in 2024
Since 1904: 9,651people given the name

Babies named Emerald, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

9,146 girls have been named Emerald in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 396 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 1990s alone account for 24%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 505 boys have also been given it, 5.2% of the total.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Emerald
1900s	17
1910s	82
1920s	78
1930s	11
1940s	29
1950s	31
1960s	42
1970s	152
1980s	935
1990s	2,212
2000s	1,836
2010s	2,009
2020s	1,712

In 2024, its biggest year

Emerald was the 707th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Emerald

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.