Girls' name · since 1916
Emi
4,360 babies named Emi in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #882 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,360
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emi is the #882 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 4,360 recorded since 1916.
Emi has 4,360 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #882 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #2,818 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #882 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,360 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emi ranks #2,818 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #882 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,360 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #882 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,360
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emi's 4,360 recorded births place it above 96.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Emi compares
4,360 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emi's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 303 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emi's full recorded timeline at 1987, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 303 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 303
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Emi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,523 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Emi's strongest decade.
1,523 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Emi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 1920s 37
1920s
37 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 48
1960s
48 births
- 1970s 141
1970s
141 births
- 1980s 257
1980s
257 births
- 1990s 279
1990s
279 births
- 2000s
2000s
706 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,523 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,314 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,523 births (35% of all-time use).
How Emi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Emi's total volume
Emi by state
Where Emi concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,132 | 26.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 288 | 6.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 212 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Hawaii | | 184 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Washington | | 149 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 128 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 74 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 43 | 1.0% |
1,132 of 4,360 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Emi appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emi's data
- Emi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,523 total births) through the 2020s (1,314) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Emis (1,132 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Emi 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.