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How popular is “Emerald” in the USA?

Number of people named “Emerald” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Emerald” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Emerald” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Emerald” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Emerald” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Emerald” by birth year

This chart shows how “Emerald” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1904 5 0.000012392 5 100%
1905 5 0.000011795 5 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 6 5 9%
1912 13 0.000013157 8 5 23%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 20 0.000010914 13 7 30%
1916 25 0.000012924 13 12 4%
1917 22 0.000010963 11 11 0%
1918 17 0.00000783 8 9 -6%
1919 29 0.000013742 15 14 3%
1920 24 0.000010607 12 12 0%
1921 22 0.000009424 12 10 9%
1922 19 0.0000083 6 13 -37%
1923 17 0.000007383 11 6 29%
1924 19 0.000007978 6 13 -37%
1925 16 0.000006857 9 7 13%
1926 22 0.000009582 7 15 -36%
1927 26 0.00001121 8 18 -38%
1928 22 0.00000973 7 15 -36%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 -100%
1931 5 0.000002376 5 -100%
1932 11 0.00000521 6 5 9%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 100%
1935 7 0.000003349 7 -100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 8 0.000003631 8 -100%
1942 5 0.00000183 5 100%
1944 6 0.00000223 6 100%
1945 5 0.000001885 5 100%
1947 14 0.000003886 8 6 14%
1949 5 0.000001435 5 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 5 0.000001316 5 -100%
1955 6 0.000001494 6 100%
1956 12 0.00000291 12 100%
1958 11 0.000002661 5 6 -9%
1961 10 0.000002414 5 5 0%
1962 6 0.000001487 6 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1968 7 0.000002072 7 100%
1969 9 0.00000259 9 100%
1970 9 0.000002495 9 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1972 6 0.000001909 6 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 5 5 0%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 23 0.000007241 23 100%
1978 26 0.000008192 26 100%
1979 41 0.000012323 41 100%
1980 39 0.000011322 39 100%
1981 68 0.000019657 68 100%
1982 77 0.00002195 77 100%
1983 66 0.000019057 66 100%
1984 86 0.000024651 86 100%
1985 87 0.000024376 87 100%
1986 107 0.000030081 102 5 91%
1987 112 0.000031063 112 100%
1988 144 0.000038971 137 7 90%
1989 168 0.000043699 161 7 92%
1990 162 0.000040987 162 100%
1991 196 0.000050317 196 100%
1992 213 0.00005545 213 100%
1993 200 0.000053046 200 100%
1994 268 0.000072088 268 100%
1995 229 0.000062531 229 100%
1996 236 0.000064707 236 100%
1997 213 0.000058746 213 100%
1998 262 0.00007123 262 100%
1999 233 0.000063078 233 100%
2000 219 0.000057938 219 100%
2001 232 0.000061976 226 6 95%
2002 229 0.000061258 221 8 93%
2003 186 0.000048918 186 100%
2004 179 0.000046847 174 5 94%
2005 184 0.000047856 177 7 92%
2006 182 0.000046004 174 8 91%
2007 155 0.000038772 155 100%
2008 149 0.000037907 143 6 92%
2009 161 0.000042145 161 100%
2010 123 0.000033282 123 100%
2011 126 0.000034447 126 100%
2012 151 0.000041287 145 6 92%
2013 191 0.000052391 184 7 93%
2014 233 0.000062865 220 13 89%
2015 202 0.000054581 196 6 94%
2016 238 0.000064873 225 13 89%
2017 283 0.000079134 269 14 90%
2018 260 0.00007395 251 9 93%
2019 293 0.000084415 270 23 84%
2020 278 0.000083219 268 10 93%
2021 317 0.000093567 298 19 88%
2022 390 0.000115278 373 17 91%
2023 397 0.000119896 377 20 90%
2024 422 0.000126784 396 26 88%

Explore other names

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  1. Emelynn
  2. Emem
  3. Emer
  4. Emera
  5. Emeral
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  7. Emeralda
  8. Emeraude
  9. Emercyn
  10. Emere
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