Girls' name · since 1918
Emalyn
Emalyn has 1,873 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,873
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emalyn currently ranks #4470 among girls' names in America, with 1,873 babies recorded since 1918.
Emalyn has 1,873 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4470 as of the latest data, more common than 74% 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 1918 to 2025.
- #4,903 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,470 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,873 born since 1918
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emalyn ranks #4,903 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,470 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,873 born since 1918, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,873
- born since 1918
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emalyn's 1,873 recorded births place it above 93.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Emalyn compares
1,873 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Emalyn's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emalyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,873 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 178 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emalyn's full recorded timeline at 2008, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1925, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 178 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 178
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Emalyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,233 births, 66% of the file).
2010s was Emalyn's strongest decade.
1,233 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Emalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1990s 47
1990s
47 births
- 2000s 264
2000s
264 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,233 births
- 2020s 306
2020s
306 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,233 births (66% of all-time use).
How Emalyn 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 Emalyn's total volume
Emalyn by state
Where Emalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 168 | 9.0% |
| #2 | California | | 63 | 3.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 60 | 3.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 41 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 35 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 35 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 33 | 1.8% |
168 of 1,873 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Emalyn appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emalyn's data
- Emalyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (1,233 total births); usage has since declined to 306 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Emalyns (168 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 Emalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
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 Emalyn 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.