Spellings
Emma or Ema?
In the US in 2025, 99% of babies in this name family were spelled Emma and 1% Ema. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Emma already led in 2015, with 99% of the family's births; it has 99% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 20,643 to 12,918 births (−37%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | 20,487 | 12,754 | −38% |
| Ema | 156 | 164 | +5% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈɛmə/ (EM-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Emma 2,310 births (#7 among girls) and Ema 70 births (#589 among girls).
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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