Emma is a girl's name of German origin meaning “whole.” In 2024 it was given to 13,485 girls in the United States.
Emma belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “whole” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Emma first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1 in 2008, and in 2024 13,485 babies received the name — 763,546 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Emma means “whole” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Emma is a girl name. In 2024, 13,485 babies received the name in the US.
Emma comes from the German, English & American, French, Italian, Irish & Celtic and Scandinavian tradition.
Emma first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #1 in 2008, and 13,485 babies were given the name in 2024.
Emma is pronounced /ˈɛmə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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