Girls' name · since 1975
Emmi
Emmi has 2,335 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,670 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,335
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmi currently ranks #1670 among girls' names in America, with 2,335 babies recorded since 1975.
Emmi has 2,335 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1670 as of the latest data, more common than 90% 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 1975 to 2025.
- #4,236 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,670 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,335 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmi ranks #4,236 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,670 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,335 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,670 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,335
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmi's 2,335 recorded births place it above 94.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Emmi compares
2,335 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Emmi's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,335 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 127 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emmi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emmi's full recorded timeline at 2005, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 127 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emmi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 127
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Emmi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (942 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Emmi's strongest decade.
942 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Emmi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 19
1970s
19 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s 122
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
561 births
- 2010s
2010s
942 births
- 2020s
2020s
678 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 942 births (40% of all-time use).
How Emmi 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 Emmi's total volume
Emmi by state
Where Emmi concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 286 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 170 | 7.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 77 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 49 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 35 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 34 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 32 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 15 | 0.6% |
286 of 2,335 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Emmi appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emmi's data
- Emmi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (942 total births) through the 2020s (678) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Emmis (286 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Emmi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Emmi 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.