Emmie
Emmie was given to 407 girls in 2025, #695 among girls’ names; 10,387 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,550 Americans named Emmie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 5 and 18.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emmie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emmie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emmie is “a diminutive of the female given names Emily and Emma.”
Diminutives + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emmie?
#695 among girls’ names, 2025
Emmie rose from #1,062 in 2015 to #695 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.14 to 0.25 per 1,000.
510 babies in 2018, the peak
Emmie peaked in 2018, when 510 girls were given it, #598 among girls’ names. The 407 births of 2025 are 80% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 407 | #695 | 0.25 |
| 2024 | 382 | #737 | 0.24 |
| 2023 | 365 | #772 | 0.23 |
| 2022 | 394 | #739 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 451 | #661 | 0.27 |
| 2020 | 472 | #619 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 488 | #617 | 0.29 |
| 2018 | 510 | #598 | 0.30 |
| 2017 | 425 | #687 | 0.25 |
| 2016 | 307 | #906 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 249 | #1,062 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 218 | #1,144 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 230 | #1,075 | 0.13 |
| 2012 | 201 | #1,212 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 188 | #1,266 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 178 | #1,320 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 153 | #1,497 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 169 | #1,410 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 102 | #2,007 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 118 | #1,765 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 104 | #1,860 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,209 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,128 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 85 | #2,032 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 68 | #2,337 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,744 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 44 | #3,008 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,751 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,705 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,343 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,609 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,274 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,703 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,761 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,852 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,148 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,277 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,928 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,449 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,284 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,612 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,766 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,227 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,221 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,391 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 20 | #3,886 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,089 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,539 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #5,013 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,318 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,423 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,743 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,809 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,944 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,655 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,355 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,027 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,578 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,721 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,278 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,603 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,696 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,380 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 20 | #2,757 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 16 | #3,227 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,267 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,108 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,468 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,297 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,480 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 23 | #2,296 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,135 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,317 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,284 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 27 | #1,895 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,585 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,572 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,717 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,612 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 34 | #1,515 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,500 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,500 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,483 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 29 | #1,456 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 44 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 46 | #1,051 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,103 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 49 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 47 | #1,013 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,126 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 55 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 55 | #934 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 60 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,096 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 57 | #988 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 70 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 68 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 64 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 71 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 68 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 103 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 87 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 76 | #827 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 73 | #825 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 64 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 81 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 66 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 81 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 65 | #714 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 55 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1912 | 48 | #723 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 40 | #691 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 46 | #622 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 37 | #649 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 37 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 20 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 29 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 32 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 26 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 29 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 44 | #468 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 38 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 48 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1899 | 41 | #457 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 33 | #560 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 28 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 48 | #418 | 0.20 |
| 1895 | 38 | #472 | 0.16 |
| 1894 | 23 | #612 | 0.10 |
| 1893 | 30 | #505 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 39 | #431 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 32 | #449 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 36 | #425 | 0.19 |
| 1889 | 29 | #457 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 26 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 25 | #450 | 0.17 |
| 1886 | 28 | #408 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 13 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 20 | #452 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 10 | #623 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 11 | #577 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 18 | #396 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 12 | #504 | 0.13 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Emmie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emmie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Emmie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emmie, and how old are they?
7,550 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 10,387 Americans ever recorded as Emmie. The median Emmie alive today is 9 years old; half are between 5 and 18.
The 2020 Census counted 5,227 people named Emmie (5,210 women and girls, 17 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 5,435 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 191 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 336 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 196 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 289 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,660 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,870 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Emmie born?
The states with the most babies named Emmie are Texas, California and Florida, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 43 | #706 | 0.8× |
| California | 43 | #721 | 0.7× |
| Florida | 23 | #722 | 0.7× |
| New York | 20 | #805 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 16 | #655 | 2.3× |
| Utah | 16 | #280 | 2.0× |
| North Carolina | 15 | #668 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 14 | #683 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 14 | #494 | 0.7× |
| Tennessee | 13 | #573 | 0.9× |
Where Emmie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emmie is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Emmie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 813,158 babies since 1880, Emmie is the third most given (1.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 407 of their 14,414 babies (2.8%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Emmie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Emmie and names like it
- Compare Emmie and EmmaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEmmie peaked in 2018.
- Georgia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emmie since 1910.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Emmie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emmie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.