Unisex name · since 2005
Emjay
Emjay has 95 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emjay is the #16107 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 95 recorded since 2005.
Social Security Administration records show Emjay recorded 95 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #16107 nationally today, ahead of 7% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #27,645 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,107 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emjay ranks #27,645 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,107 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 95 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,645 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emjay's 95 recorded births place it above 61.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emjay compares
95 24th percentile among 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
Emjay's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emjay | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emjay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Emjay's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Emjay popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Emjay popularity over time - boys
54 total births recorded since 2007 (Emjay as boys' name)
Emjay by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (43 births, 45% of the file).
2020s was Emjay's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Emjay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
38 births
- 2020s
2020s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 43 births (45% of all-time use).
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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, 2005–2025 (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 Emjay 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.