Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Emerson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Emerson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

1,343

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Alpha

1880Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

5.4%

2024

1,270

All-time

32,138

Emerson has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 1,343 boys were named Emerson.

In 2024, only 1,270 boys were given the name.

Down 5.4% from its peak.

All told, about 32,138 Americans have been named Emerson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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