Girls' name · since 1999
Emiyah
Emiyah has 596 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,630 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 596
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emiyah currently ranks #8630 among girls' names in America, with 596 babies recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Emiyah recorded 596 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #8630 nationally today, ahead of 50% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #10,608 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,630 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 596 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emiyah ranks #10,608 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,630 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 596 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,630 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 596
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emiyah's 596 recorded births place it above 85.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Emiyah compares
596 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
Emiyah's all-time total is 59% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 596 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emiyah splits its recorded history at 2013: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Emiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (320 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Emiyah's strongest decade.
320 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Emiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
146 births
- 2010s
2010s
320 births
- 2020s 124
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 320 births (54% of all-time use).
How Emiyah 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 Emiyah's total volume
Emiyah by state
Where Emiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 7 | 1.2% |
22 of 596 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Emiyah's data
- Emiyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (320 total births) through the 2020s (124) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Emiyahs (22 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Emiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Emiyah 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.