The name Emma is derived from the Germanic element irmin, meaning "whole" or "great." It was a top-100 girl's name in the United States every year between 1900 and 1941. It remained in the top-500 for several decades before cracking the top-100 once again in 1993. It has now been a top-five girl's name every year since 2002 and has spent six of those years in the No. 1 spot. Celebrities like Emma Stone and Emma Roberts have helped keep this name at the top of many parents' lists throughout the 2000s. It's also the name "Young Sheldon" star Jordan Montana gave his daughter, Emma Rae, born in 2024.
