Emmalee — #2774 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emmalee

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,958 babies named Emmalee between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmalee currently holds the #2774 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 441 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmalee performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 3,596 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Emmalee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 676 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Emmalee in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emmalee 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 8,958 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.