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Emerson
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50% girls / 50% boys
Origin of the name
Emerson was first an English surname, “son of Emery.” The writer Ralph Waldo Emerson bore it.
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Where babies named Emerson are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Emerson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Emerson is most common in New Hampshire (2.2 times), Nebraska (1.9) and Iowa (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Emerson are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Emerson is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Emerson is most common in Utah (2.1 times), Arizona (1.8) and Colorado (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0% | 100% |
| 1890s | 0% | 100% |
| 1900s | 0% | 100% |
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 0% | 100% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 0% | 100% |
| 1960s | 0% | 100% |
| 1970s | 0% | 100% |
| 1980s | 0% | 100% |
| 1990s | 22% | 78% |
| 2000s | 62% | 38% |
| 2010s | 61% | 39% |
| 2020s | 59% | 41% |