Emmalou — #15369 US girls' name
269 babies named Emmalou in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Emmalou was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Emmalou in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emmalou
The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Emmalou between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmalou currently holds the #15369 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmalou performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 97 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Emmalou shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emmalou 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 269 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.
Emmalou at a glance
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Current rank
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Emmalou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1913
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 112 years of records
Currently ranks #15369 among girls.
269 total births across 112 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 15 births in a single year.
Emmalou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 97 births that decade — 36% of Emmalou's all-time total
Emmalou decade highlights
- Peak decade 97 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emmalou's strongest decade
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% 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, 1913–2024 (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.