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Ema

“Variant of Emma — Whole; universal” — Germanic, via Emma origin

Girl's name · #1348 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ema has appeared in US records since 1883 — best rank #692 (1883) · 4,857 babies named Ema all-time · 1 in 10,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #3 in Slovenia (2025) · #3 in Slovakia (2025) · #7 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024) · #7 in Czechia (2025) · #7 in Croatia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 12 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Emas

• Ema Klinec — Slovenian ski jumper
• Ema Horvath — American actress
• Ema Kogure — Japanese voice actress
• Ema Derossi-Bjelajac — Croatian politician
• Ema Shah — Kuwaiti singer

In stories & tradition

• Ema Skye — Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney · Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
• Ema and Oswald — Babay
• Ema Yasuhara — Shirobako · Shirobako: The Movie

What Emas become

Among 290 notable people named Ema:

Entertainers appear 1.76× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ema Horvath, American actress.

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