Emi — #994 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emi

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,055 babies named Emi between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emi currently holds the #994 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 259 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,522 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Emi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,047 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Emi in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emi 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 4,055 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.