Emilly — #3834 US girls' name
1,403 babies named Emilly in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 78% of names given to girls today.
43% of everyone ever named Emilly was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Emilly in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emilly
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,403 babies named Emilly between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emilly currently holds the #3834 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emilly performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 603 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Emilly shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 149 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Emilly in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emilly 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 1,403 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.
Emilly at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emilly popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2003)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #3834 among girls.
1,403 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 69 births in a single year.
Emilly by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 603 births that decade — 43% of Emilly's all-time total
Emilly decade highlights
- Peak decade 603 births
- Runner-up 321 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emilly's strongest decade
603 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Emilly by state
Where Emilly concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 149 | 10.6% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 122 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 86 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 41 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 38 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 31 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Connecticut | | 6 | 0.4% |
149 of 1,403 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.6% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 8.7% of nationwide
- Texas 6.1% of nationwide
- Florida 2.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Emilly appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.