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Walborgd vs Emma

How Walborgd and Emma compare across 146 years of US Social Security Administration baby-name records — popularity history, peak years, current rank, and which name overtook which.

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Walborgd

Female · German

Meaning: Protecting Ruler

Emma

Female · German

Meaning: Whole: Complete. Universal

US Popularity History — Side-by-Side

Annual US births named Walborgd (boys) vs Emma (girls), from US Social Security Administration national records.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Names appearing fewer than 5 times per year are suppressed by SSA.

Quick Stats

Metric Walborgd Emma
Peak year (most US births) 2003 — 22,719 girls
Peak rank #2
Most recent rank (—) #3 (12,754 births)
Total US births since 1880 0 713,779
Last 10 years (—) 161,030

Strongest States — Last 10 Years

States where each name ranked highest, from SSA's state-level dataset. Lower average rank = name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name list.

Emma — top 5 states

#StateAvg rankBirths
1 Texas #1 17,678
2 New York #2 8,974
3 New Jersey #2 4,400
4 Arizona #2 3,425
5 Pennsylvania #2 5,543

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Data & methodology

Source: US Social Security Administration national baby names dataset 1880–2025 (CC0 public domain). Names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a given year are suppressed by SSA. State-level coverage runs 1910–2025. Crossover detection compares annual birth counts (not ranks) for each year both names appear. Methodology: see full notes. More comparisons →