girl's name
Emmajean
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 734
Emmajean is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 2008, when 27 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 150,716 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1917.
Emmajean over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 |
| 1920s | 109 |
| 1930s | 84 |
| 1940s | 76 |
| 1950s | 12 |
| 1960s | 5 |
| 1990s | 11 |
| 2000s | 115 |
| 2010s | 192 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 104 |
How popular is Emmajean?
In 2025, Emmajean was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Emmajean is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Emmajean is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Emma-Jean | Emma-Jean is Emmajean written with a hyphen, used in Canada, where it ranks #2,439. | 7 |
Names that peaked alongside Emmajean
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Emmajean also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emmajean over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Emmajean
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emmajean — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Emmajean
How popular is the name Emmajean?
In 2025, Emmajean was given to 22 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Emmajean a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmajean is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Emmajean most popular?
Emmajean peaked in 2008, when 27 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Emmajean a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emmajean currently ranks #5,657 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.