Emelie — #4458 US girls' name
2,587 babies named Emelie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Emelie was born in this single decade.
76 babies were named Emelie in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emelie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,587 babies named Emelie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emelie currently holds the #4458 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 76 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emelie performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 585 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Emelie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 350 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Emelie in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emelie in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,587 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Emelie at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emelie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2003)
- 76
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4458 among girls.
2,587 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 76 births in a single year.
Emelie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 585 births that decade — 23% of Emelie's all-time total
Emelie decade highlights
- Peak decade 585 births
- Runner-up 516 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emelie's strongest decade
585 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Emelie by state
Where Emelie concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 350 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 145 | 5.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 83 | 3.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 54 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.2% |
350 of 2,587 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Florida 3.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.1% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.