Girls' name · since 1986
Emmalea
459 babies named Emmalea in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 459
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emmalea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 459 recorded since 1986.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmalea has been recorded 459 times among girls since 1986, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2020.
- #12,483 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 459 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmalea ranks #12,483 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 459 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,483 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 459
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emmalea's 459 recorded births place it above 82.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emmalea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emmalea splits its recorded history at 2005: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1986 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emmalea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2020
- Peak year (2005)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Emmalea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (207 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Emmalea's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Emmalea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
207 births
- 2010s
2010s
134 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 207 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Emmalea's decade-level peak was the 2000s (207 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emmalea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1986–2020 (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 Emmalea 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.