Girls' name · since 2000
Emelee
Emelee has 76 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emelee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 76 have been recorded since 2000.
Emelee has 76 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2015.
- #30,172 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 76 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emelee ranks #30,172 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 76 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 76
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emelee's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Emelee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emelee's full recorded timeline at 2008, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emelee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2015
- Peak year (2006)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Emelee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (51 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Emelee's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Emelee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 51 births (67% of all-time use).
Emelee by state
Where Emelee concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 6.6% |
5 of 76 births nationwide.
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- Emelee's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2010s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Emelees (5 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 Emelee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2000–2015 (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 Emelee 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.