Emery
Emery was given to 3,208 girls in 2025, #74 among girls’ names; 64,249 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 55,000 Americans named Emery and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (86% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 14.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emery by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emery mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emery is “a female given name transferred from the surname, of 2000s usage, also associated with the mineral emery.” Its etymology gives the senses “vigor, bravery” (*amal) and “ruler” (rīhhi) and “home” (heim).
Also “a male given name from the Germanic languages, today often transferred back from the surname.”
From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).
/ˈɛm(ə)ɹi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emery?
#74 among girls’ names, 2025
Emery rose from #134 in 2015 to #74 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.4 to 2.0 per 1,000.
3,513 babies in 2025, the peak
Emery peaked in 2025, when 3,513 babies were given it (3,208 girls, #74 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 3,207 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,208 | #74 | 305 | #815 |
| 2024 | 3,207 | #70 | 305 | #820 |
| 2023 | 3,115 | #70 | 349 | #749 |
| 2022 | 2,973 | #82 | 357 | #727 |
| 2021 | 2,921 | #90 | 325 | #771 |
| 2020 | 2,984 | #89 | 330 | #739 |
| 2019 | 3,018 | #93 | 328 | #735 |
| 2018 | 3,009 | #94 | 300 | #774 |
| 2017 | 2,698 | #115 | 304 | #771 |
| 2016 | 2,420 | #130 | 341 | #718 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,424 | #134 | 324 | #748 |
| 2014 | 2,046 | #162 | 367 | #687 |
| 2013 | 1,675 | #195 | 318 | #734 |
| 2012 | 1,485 | #211 | 367 | #649 |
| 2011 | 1,172 | #271 | 322 | #712 |
| 2010 | 1,024 | #313 | 311 | #737 |
| 2009 | 976 | #337 | 293 | #777 |
| 2008 | 680 | #467 | 303 | #745 |
| 2007 | 520 | #578 | 204 | #967 |
| 2006 | 352 | #781 | 181 | #1,016 |
| 2005 | 318 | #813 | 169 | #1,004 |
| 2004 | 207 | #1,103 | 122 | #1,236 |
| 2003 | 155 | #1,325 | 124 | #1,192 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,434 | 97 | #1,358 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,703 | 88 | #1,414 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,706 | 84 | #1,466 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,549 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,740 | 80 | #1,420 |
| 1997 | 71 | #2,004 | 80 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,918 | 69 | #1,465 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,631 | 80 | #1,312 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,991 | 87 | #1,242 |
| 1993 | 39 | #3,007 | 74 | #1,319 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,692 | 90 | #1,164 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,962 | 76 | #1,277 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,642 | 74 | #1,285 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,700 | 81 | #1,184 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,701 | 82 | #1,098 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,166 | 86 | #1,025 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,919 | 78 | #1,056 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,176 | 76 | #1,058 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,372 | 68 | #1,085 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,991 | 72 | #1,041 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,641 | 82 | #995 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,998 | 82 | #1,005 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,611 | 65 | #1,127 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,855 | 91 | #922 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,663 | 64 | #1,088 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,491 | 72 | #1,016 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 73 | #974 | |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,290 | 76 | #941 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,532 | 59 | #1,075 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 81 | #890 | |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,645 | 72 | #955 |
| 1971 | under 5 | 78 | #923 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 69 | #970 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 91 | #809 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 90 | #781 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 70 | #859 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 81 | #809 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 107 | #717 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 125 | #689 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 121 | #707 | |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,862 | 145 | #645 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 121 | #693 | |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,326 | 144 | #649 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,530 | 107 | #738 |
| 1958 | under 5 | 99 | #740 | |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,319 | 127 | #677 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 147 | #628 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 130 | #647 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 130 | #642 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 122 | #644 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 139 | #595 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 146 | #566 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 128 | #603 | |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,475 | 138 | #573 |
| 1948 | under 5 | 141 | #561 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 144 | #564 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 121 | #582 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 121 | #544 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 111 | #581 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 131 | #545 | |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,842 | 161 | #483 |
| 1941 | under 5 | 151 | #478 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 144 | #481 | |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,901 | 162 | #451 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,977 | 157 | #461 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 141 | #479 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 143 | #471 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 181 | #408 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 178 | #418 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 161 | #435 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 163 | #443 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 177 | #425 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 194 | #424 | |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,222 | 208 | #404 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,937 | 228 | #393 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,452 | 220 | #405 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,463 | 223 | #397 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,210 | 249 | #378 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 268 | #367 | |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,092 | 248 | #378 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,614 | 276 | #355 |
| 1921 | under 5 | 292 | #345 | |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,208 | 283 | #351 |
| 1919 | under 5 | 304 | #321 | |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,445 | 272 | #352 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,805 | 287 | #318 |
| 1916 | under 5 | 266 | #323 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 274 | #308 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 211 | #311 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 171 | #305 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 137 | #314 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 70 | #325 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 55 | #333 | |
| 1909 | under 5 | 47 | #340 | |
| 1908 | under 5 | 48 | #321 | |
| 1907 | under 5 | 43 | #326 | |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,041 | 34 | #356 |
| 1905 | under 5 | 45 | #301 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 30 | #372 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 35 | #320 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 39 | #308 | |
| 1901 | under 5 | 35 | #297 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 42 | #330 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 38 | #282 | |
| 1898 | under 5 | 48 | #258 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 45 | #262 | |
| 1896 | under 5 | 41 | #288 | |
| 1895 | under 5 | 37 | #297 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 40 | #280 | |
| 1893 | under 5 | 51 | #242 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 48 | #259 | |
| 1891 | under 5 | 37 | #266 | |
| 1890 | under 5 | 34 | #296 | |
| 1889 | under 5 | 42 | #254 | |
| 1888 | under 5 | 37 | #291 | |
| 1887 | under 5 | 33 | #289 | |
| 1886 | under 5 | 44 | #256 | |
| 1885 | under 5 | 41 | #259 | |
| 1884 | under 5 | 51 | #236 | |
| 1883 | under 5 | 43 | #250 | |
| 1882 | under 5 | 53 | #226 | |
| 1881 | under 5 | 53 | #209 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 52 | #227 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Emery a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 64,249 Americans recorded as Emery, 68% are girls and 32% boys. Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Emery every year since 1998. In 2025 it went to 3,208 girls and 305 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Emery: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emery, and how old are they?
55,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 86% of the 64,249 Americans ever recorded as Emery. The median Emery alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 14.
The 2020 Census counted 33,516 people named Emery (23,893 women and girls, 9,623 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 36,360 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 511 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,650 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,150 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,650 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 39,700 |
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 Emery born?
The states with the most babies named Emery are Texas, California and Florida, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 443 | #57 | 1.1× |
| California | 385 | #82 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 165 | #121 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 157 | #58 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 150 | #56 | 1.0× |
| New York | 144 | #131 | 0.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 107 | #104 | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 95 | #80 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 94 | #97 | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 90 | #47 | 1.1× |
Where Emery is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emery is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Emery 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 110,906 babies since 1880, Emery is the most given (58% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,513 of their 5,810 babies (60%), again the 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 Emery
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 Emery and names like it
- Compare Emery and EmoryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEmery peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emery since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Emery: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Emery.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emery alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.