Girls' name · since 1917

Emiley

Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 1,784 babies named Emiley, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#5,094 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,075 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,784
born since 1917
2000s
peak decade

Yes -- Emiley is the #15075 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,784 recorded since 1917.

Emiley has 1,784 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15075 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.

  • #5,094 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,075 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,784 born since 1917
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emiley ranks #5,094 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,075 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,784 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.

#5,094 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,075 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,784
born since 1917
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%12.8%
Emiley vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Emiley's 1,784 recorded births place it above 92.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

11 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Emiley compares

1,784 Top 24% higher than 76% 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

Emiley's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Emiley Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,784 376 567,345
Peak-year births 80 21 19,840

Emiley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Emiley's full recorded timeline at 1994, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% 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 2005 peak of 80 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Emiley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2005)
80
Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
020406080100 191719711980198819962004201220202025 5

Emiley by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (664 births, 37% of the file).

2000s was Emiley's strongest decade.

664 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.

Emiley births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 664 births (37% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Emiley 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 Emiley's total volume

Emiley vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -108, 10.8%-25, 7.1%-114, 4.3%-56, 4.9%-36, 7%-27, 6.5%-105, 4.8%-135, 3.9%-50, 6.4%-86, 3%-46, 8.5%-44, 6%-24, 15.4%-110, 5.3%-142, 2.2%Emiley-109, 4.5%Emiley
Emiley vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Emiley by state

Where Emiley concentrates geographically, total births since 1917

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Emiley
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
137 7.7%
#2 Texas
113 6.3%
#3 Florida
31 1.7%
#4 Ohio
16 0.9%
#5 Missouri
11 0.6%
#6 North Carolina
10 0.6%
#7 Oklahoma
10 0.6%
#8 Indiana
7 0.4%
California share of Emiley's total US births 7.7%
Even split

137 of 1,784 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.

Emiley appears in 11 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emiley? ▼
1,784 babies have been named Emiley since 1917. All-time, it sits at #5,094 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,075 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2005 with 80 births.
Where does Emiley sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emiley ranks #5,094 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,075 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Emiley most popular? ▼
Emiley was most popular in the 2000s decade with 664 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Emiley most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Emiley are California (137 births), Texas (113 births), Florida (31 births).
How long has the name Emiley been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Emiley since 1917 -- 109 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Emiley? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emily, Emilia, Emilie, Emilee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Emiley's data

  • Emiley's decade-level peak was the 2000s (664 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • California records the most Emileys (137 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.

Keep exploring Emiley

Nearby Names Like Emiley

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Emiley

Emily Girl
#34 896,487 births
Emilia Girl
#45 69,076 births
Emilie Girl
#1309 26,654 births
Emilee Girl
#1867 24,019 births
Emi Girl
#882 4,360 births

Compare Emiley side by side: Emiley vs Emily Emiley vs Emilia Emiley vs Emilie

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Emiley

Jetty #15074
261 births · Peak 1940
Mercer #15076
213 births · Peak 2016
Emalene #15073
97 births · Peak 1917
Phillipa #15077
113 births · Peak 2011
Tonia #15072
22,194 births · Peak 1970
Samie #15078
182 births · Peak 1982
Delsa #15071
248 births · Peak 1917
Armita #15079
62 births · Peak 2014

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Emiley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1917–2025 (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 Emiley 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.