Emeline — #2359 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emeline

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,550 babies named Emeline between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emeline currently holds the #2359 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emeline performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 875 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Emeline shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 237 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Emeline in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emeline 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 3,550 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.