Emerson
Top 1000
About Emerson
Emerson is a dignified, somewhat serious name associated with transcendental thinker Ralph Waldo Emerson. Much more popular now for girls since Desperate Housewife Teri Hatcher used it for her daughter, it is definitely still a viable boys name.
Pronounced EM-er-sun.
As of October 2026, Emerson ranked #254 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #148.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #324 | 1,055 | 549.2 |
| 2015 | #300 | 1,203 | 627.6 |
| 2016 | #295 | 1,226 | 646 |
| 2017 | #276 | 1,321 | 713.7 |
| 2018 | #284 | 1,242 | 683.9 |
| 2019 | #269 | 1,343 | 748.5 |
| 2020 | #268 | 1,276 | 739.2 |
| 2021 | #278 | 1,237 | 707.1 |
| 2022 | #274 | 1,268 | 726.2 |
| 2023 | #268 | 1,260 | 736.6 |
| 2024 | #270 | 1,270 | 737.1 |
| 2025 | #254 | 1,371 | 802.7 |
World rankings
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Emerson on lists
Famous Emersons
- Emerson Clark
Hockey Player
- Emerson Barrett
drummer of fashion,art band Palaye Royale
- Emerson Etem
American/Professional Hockey Player
- Emerson Frostad
Baseball Player
- Emerson Spencer
American Sprinter
- Emerson Hugh De Lacy
American Politician
- Emerson Collins
Actor and Producer
- Emerson Brooks
American Actor
- Emerson Borges
Brazilian Football/Soccer player
- Emerson Swinford
Guitarist
- Emerson Boozeer
American Football Player
- Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazilian automobile racing driver
- Emerson de la Rosa
footballer
- Emerson Hart
lead singer of alternative rock band Tonic
- Emerson Henrique
musician
- Emerson Hyndman
American soccer Player
- Eric Emerson Schmidt
Executive Chairman of Google
- Emerson Ulrich
son of actress Lisa Langlois and Robert Ulrich
- Emerson Truett
son of actress Rebecca Herbst
- Emerson Katt
son of actor William Katt
- Emerson Roland Herter (b. 2013)
son of TV personalities Blair Herter and Jessica Chobot
- Emerson Spencer Stone (b. 2014)
son of chef Curtis Stone and Lindsay Price
- Emerson Stajan (b. 2014)
late son of ice hockey player Matt Stajan
- Emerson Newton
John, nephew of Olivia Newton,John
- Zephyr Emerson Parker
son of Sean Parker of Facebook
- Jacob Emerson Fishman
son of actress Courtney Thorne,Smith
- Emerson Fox Smith
son of Halestorm's bassist Joshua Smith
Emerson in pop culture
- Emerson Cod
character on TV's Pushing Daisies
- Emerson Drive
Canadian country music band
- Emerson Strange
comic book character
- Radcliffe Emerson
husband of Amelia Peabody in Elizabeth Peters' mystery series
- Emerson Kent
character on British TV series Whitechapel
- Charles Emerson Winchester III
character on TV's M*A*S*H
- Emerson College
school in Boston, Massachusetts
- Carl Emerson
called Emerson, character on CW's "The 100"