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Ema

girl name
Origin
Samoan
Syllables
2
Peak era
2000s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

a Samoan women's name in its own right; also the form of Emma written in Spanish, Portuguese and several other languages

One Ema, two histories

Samoan · a Samoan women's name in documented use; our sources record bearers, not an etymology.

Germanic · the form of Emma written in Spanish, Portuguese and several other languages, from Germanic ermen, "whole, universal".

The story

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Ema across languages

One shared root links 4 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: from Germanic ermen "whole, universal", begun as a short form of Ermentrude-type compounds

The constellation

EmaSpanishEmmaEnglishIrmaGerman

More branches

ErmaEnglish · variant

Sources list Ema among the forms of Emma (Spanish · Portuguese · Slovene · Croatian · Bosnian · Macedonian · Czech · Slovak · Lithuanian · Georgian).

How popular is Ema around the world?

In the United States, 847 babies were named Ema between 2020 and 2025. In Chile, 316 girls were registered as Ema in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

Ema is on the official records of the United States, Chile, Montevideo, Austria, Norway, Argentina, France, South Australia, Ireland, Canada, England and Wales, Mexico City, Brazil, Poland and Spain.

United States

1 in 26,000

In the United States, 847 babies were named Ema between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2000s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ema peaked in the 2000s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Chile

1 in 560

In Chile, 316 girls were registered as Ema in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19202021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Montevideo City

1 in 1,200 · 2011

In Montevideo, 20 girls named Ema were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

peak 19422011

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Austria

1 in 2,500

In Austria, 30 girls named Ema were born in 2025, the 206th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 2024

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Norway

1 in 3,800 · register 2026

In Norway, 7 girls were given the name Ema in 2025.

1990peak 2017

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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Argentina

1 in 4,300

In Argentina, 155 newborns were given the name Ema in 2024.

2012peak 20202024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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France

1 in 9,200

In France, about 70 girls named Ema were born in 2025, the 599th most common name among girls that year.

1900peak 2010

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Ema, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Ema in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Ireland

1 in 14,000

In Ireland, 4 girls named Ema were born in 2025, the 718th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 20152025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Canada

1 in 14,000

In Canada, 26 girls named Ema were born in 2024, ranked 1,023rd among girls that year.

1991peak 20082024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 16,000

In England and Wales, 37 girls named Ema were born in 2025, the 951st most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 20172025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Mexico City City

1 in 24,000

In Mexico City, there were 5 registrations of Ema in 2022.

2000peak 2019

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Brazil

1 in 67,000

At the 2022 census, 3,005 people in Brazil were named Ema, ranked 3,891st, with a median age of 69.
Among people named Ema living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.

peak 1940s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 155 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Poland

1 in 82,000

In Poland, 3 girls named Ema were born in 2025, the 583rd most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Spain

1 in 130,000

In Spain, 356 residents are named Ema, ranked 2,905th among women, with a mean age of 20.3 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Ema is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 40 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 20182025

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 2022

Ema is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Not on the record in New Zealand: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

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When you meet Ema

Most people given the name Ema in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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