Girls' name · since 1980
Emberly
5,562 babies named Emberly in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #688 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,562
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
5,562 babies have been named Emberly since 1980, making it today's #688 girls' name.
Emberly has 5,562 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #688 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #2,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #688 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,562 born since 1980
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emberly ranks #2,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #688 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,562 born since 1980, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #688 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,562
- born since 1980
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emberly's 5,562 recorded births place it above 96.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Emberly compares
5,562 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Emberly's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emberly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,562 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 595 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emberly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emberly splits its recorded history at 2005: 96% of all births land in the more recent half, 4% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 595 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emberly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 595
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Emberly by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,929 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Emberly's strongest decade.
2,929 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Emberly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 52
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 78
1990s
78 births
- 2000s 206
2000s
206 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,297 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,929 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,929 births (53% of all-time use).
How Emberly 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 Emberly's total volume
Emberly by state
Where Emberly concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 602 | 10.8% |
| #2 | California | | 266 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 234 | 4.2% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 217 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 183 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 178 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 173 | 3.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 165 | 3.0% |
602 of 5,562 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Emberly appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Emberlys (602 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 Emberly: 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 (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Emberly 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.