Emeline
Emeline was given to 62 girls in 2025, #2,759 among girls’ names; 3,612 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,370 Americans named Emeline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 9 and 27.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emeline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emeline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emeline is “a female given name from the Germanic languages, a form of Emmeline.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emeline?
#2,759 among girls’ names, 2025
Emeline fell from #2,219 in 2015 to #2,759 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 47.6 to 38.6 per million.
104 babies in 2016, the peak
Emeline peaked in 2016, when 104 girls were given it, #1,934 among girls’ names. The 62 births of 2025 are 60% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,759 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,372 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,910 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,642 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,448 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,558 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,661 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,928 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 93 | #2,089 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,934 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 85 | #2,219 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,278 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,055 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,119 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,263 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,460 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 57 | #3,011 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,537 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,138 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,193 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,092 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,278 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,444 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,902 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,568 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,911 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,589 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,510 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,243 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,307 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,803 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,892 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,747 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,904 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,557 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,113 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,629 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,892 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,373 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,743 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,780 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,967 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,875 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,493 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,435 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,421 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,654 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,136 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,482 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,967 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,416 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,983 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,707 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,542 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,326 | under 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,277 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,010 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,169 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,070 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,856 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,339 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,553 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,396 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,367 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,763 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,229 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,640 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,987 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,713 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,088 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,137 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,056 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,981 | under 0.01 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,315 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,594 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,754 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,993 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,316 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,840 | under 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,723 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,798 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,983 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,579 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,023 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,898 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,789 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,987 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,441 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,368 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,969 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,828 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,348 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,218 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,780 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,217 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,337 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,691 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,379 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,227 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,479 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 54 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,165 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,033 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,132 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,076 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 29 | #945 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 26 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,009 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,069 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 23 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 20 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 16 | #930 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,112 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 17 | #888 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,362 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 16 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 12 | #971 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 22 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1899 | 17 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1898 | 15 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1897 | 16 | #803 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 20 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 14 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1893 | 17 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1892 | 16 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1891 | 21 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1890 | 15 | #702 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 18 | #605 | 0.10 |
| 1888 | 15 | #671 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 11 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 21 | #482 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 10 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 18 | #485 | 0.14 |
| 1883 | 11 | #596 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 13 | #516 | 0.12 |
| 1881 | 6 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1880 | 9 | #597 | 0.10 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Emeline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emeline has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Emeline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emeline, and how old are they?
2,370 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 3,612 Americans ever recorded as Emeline. The median Emeline alive today is 15 years old; half are between 9 and 27.
The 2020 Census counted 2,279 people named Emeline (2,274 women and girls, 5 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,054 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 52 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 114 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 92 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 232 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 855 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,020 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Emeline born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6 | #2,880 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,240 | 0.3× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Emeline with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 20,635 babies since 1880, Emeline is the third most given (18% of them). In 2025 it was given to 62 of their 655 babies (9.5%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Emeline
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Emeline and names like it
- Compare Emeline and EmmalineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEmeline peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emeline since 1910.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Emeline.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emeline alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.