Girl's name
Ema
Say it EM-uh
German origin from Emma, entire
2 syllables
Where Ema is loved, common and rare
Loved in Slovenia and one more place. Rare in Switzerland, Austria, Berlin and ten more places.
1 in 5,282 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Slovenia 3rdSwitzerland 175thAustria 206th
LovedCommonRare
Every place
In 15 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (3rd), Switzerland (175th) and Austria (206th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 3rd 2025 | 154 | about 1 in 43 |
| Switzerland | 175th 2025 | 41 | 1 in 829 |
| Austria | 206th 2025 | 30 | 1 in 1,191 |
| Berlin city | 339th 2023 | 9 | about 1 in 1,612 |
| Norway | 391st 2025 | 7 | 1 in 3,114 |
| Quebec province | 540th 2025 | 8 | about 1 in 3,250 |
| Poland | 583rd 2025 | 3 | 1 in 39,929 |
| France | 589th 2025 | 80 | 1 in 3,585 |
| Ireland | 718th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 5,282 |
| Italy | 736th 2024 | 14 | 1 in 12,798 |
| Sweden | 782nd 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 6,695 |
| England and Wales | 951st 2025 | 37 | 1 in 6,845 |
| Ontario province | 1099th 2024 | 10 | about 1 in 5,447 |
| Croatia | 7th 2025 | 281 | rank only |
| Bonn city | 382nd 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 3,015 |
Rare, below the listed names: Scotland, Northern Ireland, British Columbia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Rostock, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Ema is derived from German Emma, and through Emma it carries the meaning 'entire'.
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Two syllables, EM-uh, make it short and simple. Emma is the more familiar spelling, Emmy is a pet form, and Gema and Enma are listed among its variants.
Ema is a top-three name in Slovenia and a top-ten name in Croatia, and it is used in Switzerland. In the English-speaking world it is rare, appearing only far down the lists in Quebec, Ireland, and England and Wales. The French records place its peak in 2010, and it is now falling in more places than it is rising. Its single m keeps the pronunciation the same as Emma.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
Over time
Over five years: rising in 1 of 9 regions, falling in 6.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 727 | 593 | 701 | 796 | 771 | 720 | 729 | 754 | 776 | 951 |
| Northern Ireland | 273 | 424 | 350 | 391 | ||||||
| Ireland | 335 | 524 | 387 | 313 | 375 | 517 | 559 | 495 | 736 | 718 |
| Ontario | 754 | 1007 | 862 | 883 | 1240 | 1037 | 782 | 1057 | 1099 | |
| Quebec | 344 | 294 | 413 | 547 | 411 | 433 | 652 | 630 | 508 | 540 |
| France | 271 | 322 | 335 | 394 | 453 | 420 | 488 | 504 | 568 | 589 |
| Austria | 166 | 140 | 132 | 153 | 160 | 146 | 138 | 141 | 113 | 206 |
| Switzerland | 128 | 122 | 112 | 125 | 125 | 140 | 151 | 152 | 172 | 175 |
| Berlin | 847 | 472 | 550 | 496 | 353 | 562 | 332 | 339 | ||
| Munich | 160 | 232 | 178 | 111 | 172 | 135 | 101 | 194 | ||
| Bonn | 168 | 371 | 237 | 419 | 236 | 382 | ||||
| Norway | 282 | 219 | 472 | 270 | 286 | 338 | 316 | 377 | 353 | 391 |
| Sweden | 506 | 727 | 480 | 570 | 792 | 782 | ||||
| Catalonia | 498 | 615 | 617 | 543 | ||||||
| Italy | 516 | 655 | 950 | 736 | ||||||
| Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Croatia | 5 | 6 | 7 |
England and Wales, 1997 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 951 | 37 | 14.6 |
| 2024 | 776 | 48 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 754 | 47 | 18.3 |
| 2022 | 729 | 50 | 19.0 |
| 2021 | 720 | 52 | 19.0 |
| 2020 | 771 | 47 | 17.5 |
| 2019 | 796 | 47 | 16.8 |
| 2018 | 701 | 57 | 19.8 |
| 2017 | 593 | 71 | 23.7 |
| 2016 | 727 | 55 | 17.9 |
| 2015 | 656 | 62 | 20.1 |
| 2014 | 940 | 39 | 12.7 |
| 2013 | 750 | 52 | 16.9 |
| 2012 | 857 | 44 | 13.7 |
| 2011 | 665 | 59 | 18.4 |
| 2010 | 988 | 34 | 10.6 |
| 2009 | 932 | 35 | 11.2 |
| 2008 | 1093 | 27 | 8.6 |
| 2007 | 1234 | 22 | 7.2 |
| 2006 | 1325 | 19 | 6.3 |
| 2005 | 1796 | 12 | 4.2 |
| 2004 | 1952 | 10 | 3.5 |
| 2003 | 1383 | 15 | 5.4 |
| 2002 | 1530 | 12 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 1617 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 1995 | 8 | 2.9 |
| 1999 | 3900 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 2407 | 6 | 2.1 |
| 1997 | 2152 | 7 | 2.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Ema in France since 1925 were born in or after 2010. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2010, at 96.9 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Ema per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2010 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Ema
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 1,509 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 3,578 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ema. Same first letter as Ema.
1 in 560 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 4,966 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Ema.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ema.
Middle names for Ema
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Ema Grace
2-1 beats · initials EG
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Ema Olivia
2-4 beats · initials EO · Ema slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Ema slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Ema Sophia
2-3 beats · initials ES
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Ema Maria
2-3 beats · initials EM
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Ema Rose
2-1 beats · initials ER
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Ema Julia
2-3 beats · initials EJ
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Ema Miriam
2-3 beats · initials EM
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Ema Emily
2-3 beats · initials EE · Ema slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Ema: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Ema slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Same style as Ema
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
89% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 4,690 in England and Wales
87% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 1,064 in England and Wales
86% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 3,578 in Scotland
85% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 743 in England and Wales
85% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 1,822 in Northern Ireland
85% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 560 in Northern Ireland
85% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
1 in 1,509 in Ireland
85% alike: moves with Ema across countries and decades.
Famous people named Ema
Ema Klinec and Ema Horvath.
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Slovenian ski jumper born 1998
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American actress born 1994
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Ema
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Ema?
Her best rank is No. 3 in Slovenia in 2025, about 1 in 43 girls. She is in the published lists of 15 of our 40 regions.
What does Ema mean?
Ema takes her meaning from Emma: "entire", per Wiktionary.
How do you pronounce Ema?
EM-uh, with 2 syllables.
Is Ema getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 1 of 9 regions, falling in 6.
Which sister names go with Ema?
The deck's top five sisters for Ema: Mina, Ana, Amina, Elina and Lana. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.