Emersyn
Emersyn was the 138th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 2,111 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 135th with 2,116 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 256 places. More babies were named Emersyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning son of Emery (via Emerson) · English, Germanic
Say it EM-er-sin /ˈɛmərsɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #138 girls, up 26 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 2,111girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20222,116 babies
- Total since 1880
- 22,572babies recorded
What does the name Emersyn mean?
Emersyn is a recent respelling of Emerson, made more feminine with the -syn ending, as Wiktionary notes. Emerson is an English patronymic surname, 'son of Emery' (or of a similar name Emar), and Emery is a medieval Germanic name whose second element means 'ruler'. DMNES explains that the first element of Emery cannot be pinned down. The writer Ralph Waldo Emerson made the surname famous in the US.
Emery (Middle English, “personal name”)-son (Middle English, “son of”)rīhhi (Old High German, “ruler (in Emery)”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Emerson, Emery, Emmy.
See also: English names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Emersyn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Wiktionary, entry 'Emerson', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Emery', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
Nicknames for Emersyn
The usual nicknames for Emersyn are Emmy and Em. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Emersyn in the last five years, 32 were named Emmy, against 363 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy · also for Emilia, Emily, Emma | Modern | #445 | 3,181 |
| Em · also for Emilia, Emily, Emma | Modern | — | — |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Emersyns go by each one.
Emersyn popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 326 since 2011, 35 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #138 | 2,111 |
| 2020 | #164 | 1,733 |
| 2010 | #918 | 283 |
| 2000 | #10,147 | 9 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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How popular is Emersyn, counting every spelling?
Emersyn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #144 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #138 for Emersyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 2,319 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emersyn | 2,111 | #138 | 9,976 |
| Emmerson | 66 | #2,623 | 365 |
| Emmersyn | 62 | #2,760 | 334 |
| Emersynn | 34 | #4,208 | 164 |
| Emersen | 36 | #4,006 | 159 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Emersyn?
2,111 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Emersyn (0.59 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Emersyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 4 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Emersyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Emersyn?
About 22,100 people born in the US named Emersyn are alive today, with a median age of 6; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Emersyn a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Emersyn by state
How common Emersyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Wyoming (5.2×), South Dakota (4.0×), North Dakota (4.0×), Maine (3.3×), Nebraska (3.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Mexico, California, New Jersey.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Emersyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Emersyn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Emersyn · Sibling names for Emersyn
Questions about the name Emersyn
What does Emersyn mean?
Emersyn means “son of Emery (via Emerson)” (English, Germanic origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Emersyn?
Emersyn was the 138th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 2,111 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 135th with 2,116 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 256 places. More babies were named Emersyn in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Emersyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Emersyn in the US.
Where is Emersyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Emersyn was most common in Wyoming (6.33 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Dakota and North Dakota.