Girls' name · since 1916
Emilee
Emilee has 24,019 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,867 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 24,019
- born since 1916
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emilee currently ranks #1867 among girls' names in America, with 24,019 babies recorded since 1916.
Social Security Administration records show Emilee recorded 24,019 times among girls since 1916, holding rank #1867 nationally today, ahead of 89% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #941 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,867 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 24,019 born since 1916
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emilee ranks #941 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,867 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 24,019 born since 1916, peaking in the 2000s.
- #941 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,867 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 24,019
- born since 1916
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emilee's 24,019 recorded births place it above 98.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
46 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Emilee compares
24,019 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Emilee's all-time total is 64x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emilee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 24,019 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,019 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emilee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emilee's full recorded timeline at 1975, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 1,019 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emilee popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 1,019
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Emilee popularity over time - boys
8 total births recorded since 2004 (Emilee as boys' name)
Emilee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (8,817 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Emilee's strongest decade.
8,817 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Emilee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 33
1910s
33 births
- 1920s 57
1920s
57 births
- 1930s 73
1930s
73 births
- 1940s 89
1940s
89 births
- 1950s 68
1950s
68 births
- 1960s 67
1960s
67 births
- 1970s 509
1970s
509 births
- 1980s 2,049
1980s
2,049 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,574 births
- 2000s
2000s
8,817 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,727 births
- 2020s 956
2020s
956 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 8,817 births (37% of all-time use).
How Emilee 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 Emilee's total volume
Emilee by state
Where Emilee concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,924 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,833 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,211 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,080 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 933 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 890 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 781 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 766 | 3.2% |
1,924 of 24,019 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 46 reporting states.
Emilee appears in 46 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emilee's data
- Emilee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (8,817 total births); usage has since declined to 956 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Emilees (1,924 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 Emilee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
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 Emilee 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.