Emmeline — #939 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emmeline

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,864 babies named Emmeline between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmeline currently holds the #939 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 370 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmeline performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,862 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Emmeline shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 703 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Emmeline in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emmeline 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 5,864 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.