boy's name

Emeric

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 10,694

Emeric is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 108 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 1987, when 325 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 58,952 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1903.

Emeric over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,750
'00 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Emeric by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 10
1920s 5
1930s 10
1940s 10
1950s 65
1960s 185
1970s 1,170
1980s 2,425
1990s 2,750
2000s 1,950
2010s 650
2020s (to 2025) 100

How popular is Emeric?

In 2025, Emeric was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Emeric is used

Canada #1,331 17 in 2024
United States #1,571 108 in 2025
France #2,622 15 in 2025
England & Wales #4,482 4 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Emeric is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Émeric Émeric is a rare spelling of Emeric, written with an acute accent and recorded about 165 times, mostly in France. 165

Names that peaked alongside Emeric

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Emeric also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emeric over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Emeric in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Estonian
Imre
Hungarian
Imre

Sibling names for Emeric

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emeric — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Emeric

How popular is the name Emeric?

In 2025, Emeric was given to 10 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Emeric a girl's or a boy's name?

Emeric is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Emeric most popular?

Emeric peaked in 1987, when 325 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Emeric a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emeric currently ranks #1,331 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.