Emo
The Story of Emo
As a girl name
Emo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1924, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 7 births, good for #4,002 nationwide. Emo last appeared in the published SSA data in 1926, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 12 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Emo on the record books as a boy name in 1917, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 5 Emos were born — ranking #3,981 that year. About 67% of every Emo on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Emo last appeared in the published SSA data in 1925, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Emo
Emo is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Emo's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #3,981. Use the chart and map above to compare Emo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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