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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

EmmaIn Hebrew: אמה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אֶמָּה

Emma (Hebrew: אמה) is a girl's name of international origin. 9,643 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 492 girls and ranked #37. Its peak year was 2016, with 683 babies.

People in Israel
9,643
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
492
rank #37
Peak year
2016
683 babies
USA, 2025
12,754
rank #3

Writing and saying Emma

In Hebrew letters the name is אמה, read right to left. Emma is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Emma by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Emma: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Emma in English-speaking countries

Emma in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202512,754#32003 (22,719)
United Kingdom2025609#841997 (5,169)
England and Wales2025536#851996 (4,232)
Scotland202546#941991 (1,033)
Northern Ireland202527#771998 (307)
Ireland2025137#292003 (791)
British Columbia2023142#22003 (348)
Alberta2025154#32003 (348)
Quebec2025485#12016 (666)
New South Wales2025107#651989 (887)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Emma has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Emma

How do you write Emma in Hebrew?

Emma is written אמה in Hebrew (with vowel points: אֶמָּה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Emma?

9,643 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אמה: 9,633 women and 10 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Emma a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named אמה are women.

Is Emma used outside Israel?

The name Emma appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 12,754 girls were given it in 2025 (#3), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 609 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.