Emaleigh — #14057 US girls' name
1,115 babies named Emaleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Emaleigh was born in this single decade.
72 babies were named Emaleigh in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emaleigh
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,115 babies named Emaleigh between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emaleigh currently holds the #14057 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 72 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emaleigh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 472 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Emaleigh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Emaleigh in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emaleigh in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,115 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Emaleigh at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emaleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2006)
- 72
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #14057 among girls.
1,115 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 72 births in a single year.
Emaleigh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 472 births that decade — 42% of Emaleigh's all-time total
Emaleigh decade highlights
- Peak decade 472 births
- Runner-up 439 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emaleigh's strongest decade
472 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Emaleigh by state
Where Emaleigh concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 63 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 11 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.5% |
63 of 1,115 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.7% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Emaleigh appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.