Ema

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

Girl's name · #1349 in the US (2025) · Trending

Ema is climbing: on the charts since 1883, it is ranked #1349 in 2025, with about 160 girls given the name last year. Roughly 4,900 have carried it all-time. Ema is a rare spelling of Emma — about 1% of babies given the name are written this way; Emma itself ranked #3 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 291 notable people named Ema:

Entertainers appear 1.77× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ema Horvath, American actress.

Similar names: Emmi · Odette · Eman · Rhema · Evalina · Emmaline

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