Emelyn — #2528 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emelyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,704 babies named Emelyn between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emelyn currently holds the #2528 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 129 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emelyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,080 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Emelyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 399 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Emelyn in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emelyn 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 2,704 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.