Girls' name · since 2002
Emberlee
1,878 babies named Emberlee in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,578 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,878
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
1,878 babies have been named Emberlee since 2002, making it today's #1578 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emberlee has been recorded 1,878 times among girls since 2002, currently ranked #1578 nationally and more common than 91% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #4,889 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,578 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,878 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emberlee ranks #4,889 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,578 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,878 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,889 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,578 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,878
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emberlee's 1,878 recorded births place it above 93.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Emberlee compares
1,878 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
Emberlee's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emberlee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,878 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 197 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emberlee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emberlee's full recorded timeline at 2014, 91% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 9% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 197 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emberlee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 197
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Emberlee by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,017 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Emberlee's strongest decade.
1,017 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Emberlee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 66
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
795 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,017 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,017 births (54% of all-time use).
How Emberlee 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 Emberlee's total volume
Emberlee by state
Where Emberlee concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 140 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 98 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 85 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 65 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 58 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Florida | | 56 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Oklahoma | | 53 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 49 | 2.6% |
140 of 1,878 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Emberlee appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Emberlees (140 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 Emberlee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~23 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, 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 Emberlee 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.