Girls' name · since 2004
Emberley
Emberley has 367 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,862 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 367
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emberley currently ranks #5862 among girls' names in America, with 367 babies recorded since 2004.
Emberley has 367 recorded births among girls since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5862 as of the latest data, more common than 66% 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 2004 to 2025.
- #14,234 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,862 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 367 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emberley ranks #14,234 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,862 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 367 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,862 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 367
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emberley's 367 recorded births place it above 80.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Emberley compares
367 49th 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
Emberley's all-time total is 2% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emberley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 367 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emberley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Emberley's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 45, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Emberley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Emberley by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (185 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Emberley's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Emberley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
185 births
- 2020s
2020s
177 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 185 births (50% of all-time use).
Emberley by state
Where Emberley concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
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- Emberley's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (185 total births) through the 2020s (177) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Emberleys (15 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Emberley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Emberley 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.