Girls' name · since 2002

Emalina

179 babies named Emalina in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#20,940 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,836 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
179
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

Emalina currently ranks #9836 among girls' names in America, with 179 babies recorded since 2002.

Emalina has 179 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9836 as of the latest data, more common than 43% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.

  • #20,940 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,836 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 179 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emalina ranks #20,940 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,836 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 179 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#20,940 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,836 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
179
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%43.1%
Emalina vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Emalina's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.

How Emalina compares

179 35th 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

Emalina's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Emalina Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 179 376 567,345
Peak-year births 15 21 19,840

Emalina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Emalina's full recorded timeline at 2016, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Emalina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2015)
15
Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
05101520 2002201020132016201920222025 10

Emalina by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (107 births, 60% of the file).

2010s was Emalina's strongest decade.

107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Emalina births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 107 births (60% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Emalina by state

Where Emalina concentrates geographically, total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Emalina
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 2.8%
Texas share of Emalina's total US births 2.8%

5 of 179 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emalina?
Emalina has been given to 179 babies in the U.S. since 2002, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #20,940 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #9,836 of 17,297. 15 babies were born in 2015, its single highest year.
Where does Emalina sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emalina ranks #20,940 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,836 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Emalina most popular?
Emalina was most popular in the 2010s decade with 107 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
Where is Emalina most popular?
The top states for the name Emalina are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Emalina been used?
Emalina has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 24 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Emalina?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emani, Ema, Emalee, Eman, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Emalina's data

  • Emalina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Texas records the most Emalinas (5 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.

Keep exploring Emalina

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Emalina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2002–2025 (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 Emalina 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.