Unisex name · since 1997
Emel
Emel has 21 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emel sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 21 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Emel recorded 21 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.
- #45,308 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emel ranks #45,308 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,308 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emel's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emel splits its recorded history at 2021: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Emel popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 1921 (Emel as boys' name)
Emel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Emel's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Emel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emel: 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, 1997–2024 (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 Emel 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.