How Many People Are Named Emma Powers?
There are approximately 162 people named Emma Powers living in the United States today. That makes this name combination uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 2,115,768 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Emma with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Powers. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
162
1 in 2,115,768 Americans
Combination Rarity
Uncommon
First Name
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Last Name
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Emma: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Emma. The peak year was 2003 with 22,756 births. The average person named Emma today is 20 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Emma
In the 2020 Census, the first name Emma was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (71.73%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (16.20%) and Black (4.29%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Emma in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Emma rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Powers Surname
The surname Powers was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Powers in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Emma" has an estimated frequency of 0.160% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Powers" appears at a rate of 29.53 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Emma are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 162 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Emma Powers: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Emma Powers?
We estimate approximately 162 people named Emma Powers are alive in the United States today. The first name Emma is shared by 548,640 Americans, and the surname Powers is shared by 101,201.
How rare is the name Emma Powers?
This name combination is classified as Uncommon, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 2,115,768 Americans. The first name Emma is very common and the surname Powers is common.
Is Emma a male or female name?
Emma is predominantly female, with 0.2% of bearers being male and 99.8% female. It peaked in popularity in 2003 and the average bearer today is 20 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Emma?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Emma was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (71.73%). The next largest recorded groups were Hispanic (16.20%) and Black (4.29%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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