Girls' name · since 1918
Emalee
Emalee has 3,814 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,814
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
3,814 babies have been named Emalee since 1918, making it today's #7932 girls' name.
Emalee has 3,814 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7932 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #3,080 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,932 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,814 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emalee ranks #3,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,932 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,814 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,932 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,814
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emalee's 3,814 recorded births place it above 95.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
31 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Emalee compares
3,814 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emalee's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emalee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,814 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 236 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emalee splits its recorded history at 1996: 83% of all births land in the more recent half, 17% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 236 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 236
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Emalee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,702 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Emalee's strongest decade.
1,702 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Emalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 189
1980s
189 births
- 1990s
1990s
756 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,702 births
- 2010s
2010s
944 births
- 2020s 138
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,702 births (45% of all-time use).
How Emalee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Emalee's total volume
Emalee by state
Where Emalee concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 317 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 262 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 124 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 114 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 106 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 99 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 77 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 76 | 2.0% |
317 of 3,814 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Emalee appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emalee's data
- Emalee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,702 total births); usage has since declined to 138 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Emalees (317 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emalee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.