Girls' name · since 1984
Emalia
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 254 babies named Emalia, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,488 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 254
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
254 babies have been named Emalia since 1984, making it today's #15488 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Emalia recorded 254 times among girls since 1984, holding rank #15488 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #17,447 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,488 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 254 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emalia ranks #17,447 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,488 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 254 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,488 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 254
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emalia's 254 recorded births place it above 75.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emalia compares
254 42nd 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
Emalia's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emalia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 254 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emalia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emalia's full recorded timeline at 2013, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emalia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Emalia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Emalia's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Emalia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s 49
2020s
49 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Emalia's data
- Emalia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (49) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emalia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Emalia 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.