Girls' name · since 1917

Emmalene

461 babies named Emmalene in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#12,455 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,028 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
461
born since 1917
2010s
peak decade

461 babies have been named Emmalene since 1917, making it today's #12028 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmalene has been recorded 461 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #12028 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.

  • #12,455 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #12,028 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 461 born since 1917
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmalene ranks #12,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,028 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 461 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.

#12,455 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#12,028 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
461
born since 1917
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%30.4%
Emmalene vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Emmalene's 461 recorded births place it above 82.77% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Emmalene compares

461 Top 47% higher than 53% 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

Emmalene's all-time total is 23% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Emmalene Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 461 376 567,345
Peak-year births 21 21 19,840

Emmalene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Emmalene's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1931, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Emmalene popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
21
Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
0510152025 19171930193919772005201220192025 7

Emmalene by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (156 births, 34% of the file).

2010s was Emmalene's strongest decade.

156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Emmalene births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 156 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Emmalene?
Emmalene has been given to 461 babies in the U.S. since 1917, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #12,455 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #12,028 of 17,297. 21 babies were born in 2014, its single highest year.
Where does Emmalene sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmalene ranks #12,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,028 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Emmalene most popular?
Emmalene was most popular in the 2010s decade with 156 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Emmalene been used?
Records for Emmalene go back to 1917, giving 109 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Emmalene?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Emma, Emmy, Emmie, Emmalee, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Emmalene's data

  • Emmalene's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (156 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Emmalene

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Emmalene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1917–2025 (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 Emmalene 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.