Unisex name · since 1999
Emeril
70 babies named Emeril in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,803 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emeril sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 70 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emeril has been recorded 70 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2022.
- #19,803 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 70 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emeril ranks #19,803 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,803 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 70
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emeril's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emeril's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emeril splits its recorded history at 2005: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emeril popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2022
- Peak year (1999)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Emeril popularity over time - girls
16 total births recorded since 2001 (Emeril as girls' name)
Emeril by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (53 births, 76% of the file).
2000s was Emeril's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Emeril births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 53 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Emeril's decade-level peak was the 2000s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emeril: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1999–2022 (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 Emeril 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.