NameTides

Emer

Emer was the #608 girls' name in Ireland in 2025 (5 babies).

Emer as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
Emer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIreland
Emer as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, IrelandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIreland
2025———#290 (5)#608 (5)
2024———#253 (6)—
2023———#302 (5)#364 (10)
2022—#5,670 (3)—#266 (6)#458 (8)
2021—#3,961 (5)—#446 (3)#430 (9)
2020———#212 (8)#375 (10)
2019———#298 (5)#502 (7)
2018———#273 (6)#411 (10)
2017———#239 (7)#324 (13)
2016———#229 (8)#236 (20)
2015—#5,730 (3)—#175 (12)#291 (17)
2014———#278 (6)#197 (27)
2013—#4,739 (4)—#284 (6)#227 (24)
2012—#4,838 (4)—#187 (10)#208 (27)
2011—#4,049 (5)—#224 (8)#170 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Ireland in 1983 at #43.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the Ireland records since the data begins in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,200 baby girls in the published Ireland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon