Girls' name · since 1919
Emelina
804 babies named Emelina in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,864 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 804
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
804 babies have been named Emelina since 1919, making it today's #2864 girls' name.
Emelina has 804 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2864 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #8,689 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,864 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 804 born since 1919
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emelina ranks #8,689 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,864 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 804 born since 1919, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,689 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,864 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 804
- born since 1919
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emelina's 804 recorded births place it above 87.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Emelina compares
804 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Emelina's all-time total is 114% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emelina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 804 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emelina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emelina's full recorded timeline at 2002, 80% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 20% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1923, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emelina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Emelina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (293 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Emelina's strongest decade.
293 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Emelina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 9
1910s
9 births
- 1920s 25
1920s
25 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1980s 47
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 50
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
134 births
- 2010s
2010s
293 births
- 2020s
2020s
224 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 293 births (36% of all-time use).
How Emelina 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 Emelina's total volume
Emelina by state
Where Emelina concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 106 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 39 | 4.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 19 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #6 | New Mexico | | 5 | 0.6% |
106 of 804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Emelina's data
- Emelina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (293 total births) through the 2020s (224) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Emelinas (106 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Emelina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~106 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, 1919–2025 (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 Emelina 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.