Girls' name · since 1917
Emalene
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 97 babies named Emalene, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,073 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Emalene currently ranks #15073 among girls' names in America, with 97 babies recorded since 1917.
Emalene has 97 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15073 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #27,421 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,073 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 97 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emalene ranks #27,421 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,073 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 97 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,073 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 97
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Emalene's 97 recorded births place it above 61.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emalene compares
97 24th percentile among 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
Emalene's all-time total is 74% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emalene | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 97 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emalene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emalene splits its recorded history at 1929: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emalene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Emalene by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (33 births, 34% of the file).
1920s was Emalene's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Emalene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 33 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Emalene's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (33 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emalene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Emalene 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.