Female name
Emma
51,291 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 5.
Origin
Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.From Wiktionary, entry “Emma”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 4,232 births. 51,291 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. At its peak, it ranked 13th among girls' names in 1997. It is still given: 3,463 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2003: 22,756 births. 778,172 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among girls' names in 2008. It is still given: 70,006 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2003: 791 births. 26,364 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 1st among girls' names in 2003. It really came into use around 1967. It is still given: 990 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 176,300 | 1900–2025 | 1st in 2005 |
| Argentina | 86,171 | 2012–2023 | 6th in 2022 |
| Austria | 13,175 | 1984–2025 | 1st in 2019 |
| Switzerland | 12,535* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 12,104 | 1980–2025 | 1st in 2011 |
| Belgium | 5,218 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Berlin | 3,200 | 2012–2023 | 6th in 2015 |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
5 + 4 + 4 + 1 = 14 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
5 + 1 = 6
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
4 + 4 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 4 · work, structure, stability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.