Emma
Meaning and origin
From German Emma. First recorded in Sweden in 1766.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Emma (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Emma has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1,467 |
| 1999 | 1,394 |
| 2000 | 1,186 |
| 2001 | 1,115 |
| 2002 | 1,220 |
| 2003 | 1,375 |
| 2004 | 1,260 |
| 2005 | 1,103 |
| 2006 | 1,014 |
| 2007 | 831 |
| 2008 | 818 |
| 2009 | 787 |
| 2010 | 712 |
| 2011 | 635 |
| 2012 | 619 |
| 2013 | 559 |
| 2014 | 448 |
| 2015 | 381 |
| 2016 | 459 |
| 2017 | 326 |
| 2018 | 275 |
| 2019 | 262 |
| 2020 | 234 |
| 2021 | 216 |
| 2022 | 186 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 37,558 | – |
| 2000 | 38,493 | – |
| 2001 | 39,371 | – |
| 2002 | 40,385 | – |
| 2003 | 41,544 | – |
| 2004 | 42,562 | – |
| 2005 | 43,461 | – |
| 2006 | 44,270 | – |
| 2007 | 44,969 | – |
| 2008 | 45,696 | – |
| 2009 | 46,384 | – |
| 2010 | 46,992 | – |
| 2011 | 47,516 | – |
| 2012 | 48,041 | – |
| 2013 | 48,489 | – |
| 2014 | 48,881 | – |
| 2015 | 49,180 | – |
| 2016 | 49,565 | – |
| 2017 | 49,859 | 12 |
| 2018 | 50,077 | 17 |
| 2019 | 50,299 | 17 |
| 2020 | 50,468 | 16 |
Emma in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Emma.Hi! My name is Emma.
- Emma bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Emma lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Emma kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Emma is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Emmas mamma är lärare.Emma's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Emmas mamma is Emma's mum.
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Questions about Emma
How do you pronounce Emma in Swedish?
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What does the name Emma mean?
From German Emma. First recorded in Sweden in 1766.
How popular is Emma in Sweden?
186 babies were named Emma in 2022. In 2020, 50,484 people in Sweden had Emma as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.