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Emerald

Girl's name · #741 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Emerald reached its best rank, #708, in 2024 and ranked #741 in 2025. About 9,500 girls have carried it since 1904.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#780 in Scotland (2025) · #1,065 in Canada (2025) · #1,512 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,522 in Sweden (2025) · #2,411 in Austria (2025) · #5,876 in Ecuador (2025) · #10,849 in Italy (2024) · #905 in Ireland (2022).

Famous Emeralds

• Emerald Fennell — English filmmaker, actress, writer (born 1985)
• Emerald Robinson — American broadcaster and conspiracy theorist
• Emerald O'Hanrahan — English actress (born 1987)
• Emerald Yeh — American journalist (born 1956)
• Emerald Egwim — Nigerian-American sprinter (born 1995)

In stories & tradition

• Emerald Empress — DC Comics supervillain
• Emerald Sustrai — RWBY (web series)

What Emeralds become

Among 22 notable people named Emerald:

Entertainers appear 2.64× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emerald Fennell, English filmmaker, actress, writer (born 1985).

Similar names: Sky · Emerie · Dani · Emmeline · Emmerson · Ellison

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