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Emogene vs Emonii

American parents have registered 4,871 Emogenes since 1880, against 148 Emoniis. But in 2025 it was Emonii that was commoner, 6 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Emogene against Emonii, 1880 to 2025 0 80 160 240 320 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Emogene Emonii

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 84 years in which either name was published, Emogene for 70 years and Emonii for 14 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.

Side by side

  Emogene Emonii
Total US births 4,871148
Most in one year 27716
Babies in 2025 under 56
Estimated living today 820150
Median age today 847
Peak year 19272022
Best rank 413th girls6,984th girls
Rank in 2025 unranked13,208th
First recorded 18862010
Girls / boys 4,871 / 0148 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Emogenes alive today are over 84; half the Emoniis are over 7. That is 77 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Emogene and Emonii.