Girls' name · since 1986
Emmaleigh
Emmaleigh has 2,546 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,546
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmaleigh currently ranks #5473 among girls' names in America, with 2,546 babies recorded since 1986.
Emmaleigh has 2,546 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5473 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #3,995 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,473 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,546 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmaleigh ranks #3,995 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,473 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,546 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,995 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,473 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,546
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmaleigh's 2,546 recorded births place it above 94.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Emmaleigh compares
2,546 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Emmaleigh's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmaleigh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,546 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 143 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emmaleigh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emmaleigh splits its recorded history at 2006: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1986 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 143 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emmaleigh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 143
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Emmaleigh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,081 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Emmaleigh's strongest decade.
1,081 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Emmaleigh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s 248
1990s
248 births
- 2000s
2000s
982 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,081 births
- 2020s 215
2020s
215 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,081 births (42% of all-time use).
How Emmaleigh 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 Emmaleigh's total volume
Emmaleigh by state
Where Emmaleigh concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 186 | 7.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 93 | 3.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 82 | 3.2% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 76 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 62 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 55 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 50 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 47 | 1.8% |
186 of 2,546 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Emmaleigh appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emmaleigh's data
- Emmaleigh's decade-level peak was the 2010s (1,081 total births); usage has since declined to 215 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Emmaleighs (186 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Emmaleigh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Emmaleigh 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.