Name meaning & stats
Emerson
Emerson means “son of Emery”. 61,743 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“son of Emery”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
61,743 US babies were named Emerson between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Emerson (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 68% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)