Girls' name · since 2003
Emberlyn
2,196 babies named Emberlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,324 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,196
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emberlyn currently ranks #1324 among girls' names in America, with 2,196 babies recorded since 2003.
Emberlyn has 2,196 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1324 as of the latest data, more common than 92% 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 2003 to 2025.
- #4,423 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,324 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,196 born since 2003
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emberlyn ranks #4,423 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,324 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,196 born since 2003, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,423 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,324 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,196
- born since 2003
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emberlyn's 2,196 recorded births place it above 93.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Emberlyn compares
2,196 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Emberlyn's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emberlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,196 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 238 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emberlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emberlyn splits its recorded history at 2014: 85% of all births land in the more recent half, 15% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2003 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 238 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emberlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 238
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Emberlyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,126 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Emberlyn's strongest decade.
1,126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Emberlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 123
2000s
123 births
- 2010s
2010s
947 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,126 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,126 births (51% of all-time use).
How Emberlyn 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 Emberlyn's total volume
Emberlyn by state
Where Emberlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 199 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 90 | 4.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 82 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 80 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 77 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 70 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 69 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 68 | 3.1% |
199 of 2,196 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Emberlyn appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Emberlyns (199 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 Emberlyn: 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, 2003–2025 (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 Emberlyn 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.