Emily
Rank in 2025
#34
recorded as girls
#7679
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
5,461
girls 5,451 · boys 10
Peak year
1999
26,542 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
898,296
since 1880
Born an Emily? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Emily was most popular in 1999, when 26,542 babies recorded as girls got the name (15.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 5,451 babies were named Emily, ranking #34 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 24%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,451 | 34 | 10 | 7679 |
| 2024 | 5,984 | 25 | 10 | 7765 |
| 2023 | 6,177 | 19 | 9 | 8255 |
| 2022 | 6,498 | 17 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6,594 | 21 | 6 | 10799 |
| 2020 | 6,918 | 18 | 11 | 7034 |
| 2019 | 8,259 | 12 | 8 | 8889 |
| 2018 | 8,718 | 12 | 11 | 7136 |
| 2017 | 9,817 | 12 | 5 | 12246 |
| 2016 | 11,006 | 9 | 7 | 9664 |
| 2015 | 11,808 | 8 | 17 | 5289 |
| 2014 | 12,670 | 7 | 11 | 7048 |
| 2013 | 13,144 | 7 | 20 | 4621 |
| 2012 | 13,666 | 6 | 21 | 4533 |
| 2011 | 14,277 | 6 | 11 | 7009 |
| 2010 | 14,281 | 6 | 20 | 4678 |
| 2009 | 15,366 | 6 | 19 | 4922 |
| 2008 | 17,448 | 3 | 26 | 3921 |
| 2007 | 19,367 | 1 | 27 | 3793 |
| 2006 | 21,412 | 1 | 31 | 3384 |
| 2005 | 23,952 | 1 | 33 | 3091 |
| 2004 | 25,042 | 1 | 120 | 1251 |
| 2003 | 25,693 | 1 | 41 | 2507 |
| 2002 | 24,470 | 1 | 34 | 2755 |
| 2001 | 25,059 | 1 | 32 | 2864 |
| 2000 | 25,959 | 1 | 30 | 2922 |
| 1999 | 26,542 | 1 | 45 | 2098 |
| 1998 | 26,188 | 1 | 38 | 2312 |
| 1997 | 25,734 | 1 | 35 | 2347 |
| 1996 | 25,150 | 1 | 34 | 2332 |
| 1995 | 24,382 | 3 | 40 | 2055 |
| 1994 | 24,154 | 3 | 31 | 2444 |
| 1993 | 23,596 | 5 | 43 | 1907 |
| 1992 | 21,835 | 7 | 31 | 2362 |
| 1991 | 20,311 | 10 | 34 | 2143 |
| 1990 | 19,370 | 12 | 53 | 1564 |
| 1989 | 17,323 | 13 | 82 | 1173 |
| 1988 | 15,869 | 18 | 57 | 1373 |
| 1987 | 14,710 | 19 | 51 | 1425 |
| 1986 | 13,236 | 24 | 57 | 1286 |
| 1985 | 13,144 | 24 | 47 | 1429 |
| 1984 | 12,786 | 24 | 53 | 1265 |
| 1983 | 12,377 | 25 | 44 | 1429 |
| 1982 | 12,519 | 24 | 55 | 1254 |
| 1981 | 10,799 | 29 | 48 | 1362 |
| 1980 | 9,001 | 31 | 33 | 1726 |
| 1979 | 7,971 | 34 | 27 | 1943 |
| 1978 | 7,473 | 33 | 21 | 2205 |
| 1977 | 6,879 | 37 | 17 | 2556 |
| 1976 | 5,547 | 50 | 20 | 2245 |
| 1975 | 5,482 | 48 | 16 | 2540 |
| 1974 | 4,329 | 69 | 18 | 2277 |
| 1973 | 3,027 | 99 | 13 | 2716 |
| 1972 | 2,334 | 131 | 10 | 3152 |
| 1971 | 1,866 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 1,931 | 173 | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | 1,575 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,326 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,204 | 239 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 1,249 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,288 | 238 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,131 | 268 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 1,108 | 269 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 1,079 | 273 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 1,147 | 265 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 1,225 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 1,213 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 1,171 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 1,207 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,282 | 230 | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | 1,304 | 223 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 1,342 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 1,325 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 1,392 | 207 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,287 | 212 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,316 | 203 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | 1,392 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,391 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 1,470 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 1,379 | 186 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 1,134 | 181 | 7 | 2743 |
| 1944 | 1,251 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 1,336 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 1,419 | 164 | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | 1,368 | 162 | 9 | 2491 |
| 1940 | 1,269 | 164 | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | 1,292 | 163 | 8 | 2609 |
| 1938 | 1,308 | 164 | 7 | 2868 |
| 1937 | 1,293 | 161 | 5 | 3518 |
| 1936 | 1,123 | 171 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | 1,094 | 173 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 1,067 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 1,062 | 171 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 1,147 | 168 | 8 | 2849 |
| 1931 | 1,186 | 159 | 8 | 2864 |
| 1930 | 1,344 | 154 | 10 | 2609 |
| 1929 | 1,444 | 151 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | 1,559 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 1,656 | 146 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 1,729 | 142 | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 1,767 | 145 | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | 2,044 | 136 | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | 2,057 | 128 | 5 | 4239 |
| 1922 | 2,146 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 2,184 | 121 | 6 | 3869 |
| 1920 | 2,168 | 119 | 7 | 3489 |
| 1919 | 2,307 | 105 | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | 2,361 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 2,220 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 2,213 | 100 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 2,091 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 1,650 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 1,386 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 1,147 | 105 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 909 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 785 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 749 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 732 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 714 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 619 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 683 | 100 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 599 | 103 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 558 | 101 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 606 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 537 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 626 | 105 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 569 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 628 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 619 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 527 | 96 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 605 | 89 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 551 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 506 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 518 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 444 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 509 | 86 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 429 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 457 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 335 | 98 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 369 | 93 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 346 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 364 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 342 | 81 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 272 | 95 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 244 | 90 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 210 | 100 | <5 | — |
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Where Emily is most popular
- Delaware1.5×
- Wyoming1.5×
- Nevada1.4×
- California1.3×
- Rhode Island1.3×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years