Girl Names Starting With E
The 2025 registration data puts Emma first among E names for girls, with 12,754 newborns. The table spans ranks #3 to #643, down to 450 births for Ellianna.
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| #3 | Emma | 12,754 |
| #8 | Evelyn | 9,123 |
| #10 | Eliana | 8,191 |
| #12 | Eleanor | 7,649 |
| #17 | Elizabeth | 6,760 |
| #24 | Ellie | 6,176 |
| #29 | Ella | 5,831 |
| #34 | Emily | 5,451 |
| #42 | Elena | 4,836 |
| #45 | Emilia | 4,677 |
| #49 | Eloise | 4,251 |
| #70 | Eden | 3,362 |
| #74 | Emery | 3,208 |
| #91 | Everly | 2,695 |
| #115 | Eliza | 2,370 |
| #119 | Esther | 2,277 |
| #122 | Emerson | 2,241 |
| #123 | Elsie | 2,236 |
| #134 | Eva | 2,154 |
| #138 | Emersyn | 2,111 |
| #139 | Elliana | 2,099 |
| #147 | Evangeline | 1,998 |
| #154 | Ember | 1,952 |
| #194 | Everleigh | 1,615 |
| #218 | Elianna | 1,404 |
| #223 | Elise | 1,367 |
| #267 | Elaina | 1,176 |
| #270 | Evie | 1,151 |
| #298 | Esme | 1,032 |
| #299 | Elowyn | 1,029 |
| #301 | Evelynn | 1,012 |
| #305 | Elaine | 1,007 |
| #310 | Elodie | 980 |
| #339 | Emory | 899 |
| #354 | Elora | 861 |
| #373 | Esmeralda | 823 |
| #445 | Emmy | 695 |
| #458 | Elisa | 674 |
| #461 | Elle | 668 |
| #499 | Edith | 595 |
| #503 | Emely | 590 |
| #509 | Estella | 581 |
| #519 | Eve | 577 |
| #545 | Everlee | 554 |
| #553 | Emerie | 548 |
| #573 | Estelle | 523 |
| #599 | Elliott | 489 |
| #601 | Emelia | 488 |
| #612 | Estrella | 477 |
| #643 | Ellianna | 450 |
Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so gaps between rows are real. For a random shortlist, spin E girl names in the generator, or scan the full top 100 girl names.
How common is E as a first letter for girls in 2025?
Count births rather than names and E lands 2nd of the 26 initials for girls in 2025: 11.4% of the top-1,000 total, spread over 74 names. Tier by tier, the 2025 overall top 100 claims 14 of the table's 50 names (3 of those inside the top 10), the 101–500 band claims 26, the 501–1,000 band claims 10, and none rank past #1,000, outside the committed top-1,000 file. The table's last row, Ellianna, still carries 450 births at #643; any E girl names below it are outside the committed per-letter depth of 50 and are not shown.
The 2025 E table runs from Emma at #3 to Ellianna at #643, and Emma's 12,754 births are 28.3 times Ellianna's 450; all 50 rows together sum to 126,667 births. The middle row, the 25th, is Elianna at #218 with 1,404 births in 2025. The widest jump between consecutive rows is 72 ranks, from Esmeralda (#373) to Emmy (#445); every 2025 girl name at the ranks between them begins with another letter. No two consecutive rows of the 2025 E table carry the same count, so the SSA's alphabetical tie rule never decides the order between them. E's top-100 names for 2025 are Emma (#3), Evelyn (#8), Eliana (#10), Eleanor (#12), Elizabeth (#17), Ellie (#24), Ella (#29) and Emily (#34), and 6 more, 14 of the table's 50.
How a rank like #3 is assigned, including the SSA's alphabetical tie-break between equal counts, is explained in Reading ranks and counts.
E girl names across the decade snapshots
E girl names reached the top 200 in every one of the 7 snapshot years: 6 of them in 1955, 17 in 2015. The most E names in a single snapshot was 17 in 2015, led by Emma at #1 with 20,487 births; the fewest was 5 in 1965. The lead changed hands among 3 names across those 7 snapshots (Elizabeth, Emily and Emma), and Emma leads again in 2025, at #3.
| Snapshot | E names in top 200 | Leading E name | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s (1955) | 6 | Elizabeth | #21 | 16,696 |
| 1960s (1965) | 5 | Elizabeth | #16 | 16,321 |
| 1970s (1975) | 5 | Elizabeth | #15 | 12,472 |
| 1980s (1985) | 6 | Elizabeth | #9 | 20,545 |
| 1990s (1995) | 7 | Emily | #3 | 24,382 |
| 2000s (2005) | 8 | Emily | #1 | 23,952 |
| 2010s (2015) | 17 | Emma | #1 | 20,487 |
Of the births inside each snapshot's top 200 for girls, E names took 2.4% in 1955, 2.0% in 1965, 3.3% in 1975, 5.2% in 1985, 5.9% in 1995, 8.4% in 2005 and 11.2% in 2015; the largest of those 7 shares is 2015's and the smallest 1965's. Cut to the same top-200 depth, the 2025 list holds 24 E names with 15.0% of its births, led by Emma at #3. The move from 2.4% (1955) to 11.2% (2015) is E's row in First-letter trends since 1955, the guide that tabulates all 26 initials for every snapshot year and both sexes, listed with the rest of the data guides.
Faded and new E girl names
Between the snapshots and 2025, 6 E girl names dropped out at the committed depths — each inside some snapshot's top 200, none among the 50 names in the 2025 table. Absent means absent from the 2025 top-50 E list, which stops at Ellianna (#643, 450 births); a faded name may still be registered below that cut.
| Name | Best rank (year) | Snapshots in top 200 | Last charted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erin | #26 (1985) | 4 of 7 | 2005 |
| Erica | #34 (1985) | 3 of 7 | 1995 |
| Erika | #80 (1985) | 3 of 7 | 1995 |
| Ebony | #160 (1985) | 1 of 7 | 1985 |
| Ellen | #81 (1955) | 2 of 7 | 1965 |
| Eileen | #120 (1955) | 2 of 7 | 1965 |
The 2025 table also carries 32 names that no snapshot top 200 contains: Eloise (#49), Esther (#119), Elsie (#123), Emersyn (#138), Elliana (#139), Evangeline (#147), Ember (#154), Everleigh (#194), Elianna (#218), Elaina (#267), Evie (#270) and Esme (#298), and 20 more. Because the committed snapshots stop at rank 200, this says only that Eloise (#49 in 2025) and the other 31 sat outside the top 200 in each of 1955, 1965, 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2015, not that they went unregistered in those years.
The shape of the 2025 E list
Short names (four letters or fewer) number 9 in the 2025 E table, medium ones (five to seven) 35, and long ones (eight or more) 6. The 2025 rank spans by length class are 9 short spellings from Emma at #3 to Eve at #519; 35 medium spellings from Evelyn at #8 to Emelia at #601; and 6 long spellings from Elizabeth at #17 to Ellianna at #643. By letter count, Eva is the shortest spelling in the 2025 table (3 letters, #134) and Evangeline the longest (10 letters, #147). "l" is the second letter of 21 of the 50 names in the 2025 E table, "m" of 12, and "v" of 9; 5 second letters are used in total.
Across the sexes, 4 of these 50 spellings also sit on the 2025 boys' E list, where the SSA ranks each sex on its own: Eden (#70 for girls, #544 for boys), Emery (#74 for girls, #815 for boys), Emerson (#122 for girls, #254 for boys) and Elliott (#599 for girls, #160 for boys).
E girl names: questions the data answers
What is the most popular girl name starting with E in 2025?
Emma. The 2025 SSA data records 12,754 girls named Emma, which places it at #3 among all girl names that year, inside the overall top 10.
How many girl names starting with E are in the 2025 top 1,000?
74. Together they account for 11.4% of the births in the 2025 top 1,000, the 2nd-largest share among the 26 initials.
Why does this page list 50 E girl names?
The committed per-letter file holds the 50 most-registered 2025 girl names for each initial, and E fills it: the 50th row is Ellianna at #643. Any E names below that cut are outside the committed depth and are not shown.
Which E girl name on this page has the lowest rank?
Ellianna, at #643 with 450 births in 2025. Ranks are overall positions among all 2025 girl names, so the span from #3 to #643 covers names that start with other letters.
How many E girl names were in the top 200 in 1955 and in 2015?
6 in 1955 (led by Elizabeth at #21) and 17 in 2015 (led by Emma at #1). Each snapshot is one SSA year ranked to a depth of 200, and E's highest count among the 7 is 17 in 2015.
Do any of these E girl names also appear on the boys' E list for 2025?
Yes, 4 of the 50: Eden (#70 for girls, #544 for boys), Emery (#74 for girls, #815 for boys), Emerson (#122 for girls, #254 for boys) and Elliott (#599 for girls, #160 for boys). The SSA ranks each sex on its own, which is why Eden carries #70 with 3,362 births for girls and #544 with 551 for boys.
Other letters
Boy names for this letter: boy names starting with E.
Source: every name, rank, and count on this page comes from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names dataset (2025 data, from Social Security card applications). It is public-domain U.S. government data; names given fewer than 5 times in a year are excluded by the SSA, spelling variants are counted separately, and the data covers U.S. births only. Full caveats on the methodology page.