Emlyn — #11214 US girls' name
457 babies named Emlyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 37% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Emlyn was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Emlyn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emlyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 457 babies named Emlyn between 1954 and 2024, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emlyn currently holds the #11214 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emlyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 186 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Emlyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emlyn 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 457 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.
Emlyn at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emlyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1954
- Peak year (2018)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
Currently ranks #11214 among girls.
457 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 37 births in a single year.
Emlyn popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1923 (Emlyn as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Emlyn accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Emlyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 186 births that decade — 41% of Emlyn's all-time total
Emlyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 186 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emlyn's strongest decade
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
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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, 1954–2024 (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.