Girls' name · since 1880
Emmie
10,387 babies named Emmie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,616 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #695 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,387
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emmie is the #695 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 10,387 recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Emmie recorded 10,387 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #695 nationally today, ahead of 96% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,616 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #695 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,387 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmie ranks #1,616 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #695 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,387 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,616 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #695 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,387
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emmie's 10,387 recorded births place it above 97.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
39 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Emmie compares
10,387 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Emmie's all-time total is 28x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emmie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,387 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 510 | 21 | 19,840 |
Emmie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emmie splits its recorded history at 1953: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 510 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emmie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 510
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Emmie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,994 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Emmie's strongest decade.
2,994 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Emmie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 192
1880s
192 births
- 1890s 348
1890s
348 births
- 1900s 340
1900s
340 births
- 1910s 619
1910s
619 births
- 1920s 709
1920s
709 births
- 1930s 478
1930s
478 births
- 1940s 306
1940s
306 births
- 1950s 229
1950s
229 births
- 1960s 142
1960s
142 births
- 1970s 131
1970s
131 births
- 1980s 161
1980s
161 births
- 1990s 253
1990s
253 births
- 2000s 1,014
2000s
1,014 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,994 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,471 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,994 births (29% of all-time use).
How Emmie 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 Emmie's total volume
Emmie by state
Where Emmie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 743 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 685 | 6.6% |
| #3 | California | | 671 | 6.5% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 384 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 376 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Florida | | 326 | 3.1% |
| #7 | New York | | 268 | 2.6% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 247 | 2.4% |
743 of 10,387 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 39 reporting states.
Emmie appears in 39 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Emmie's data
- Emmie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,994 total births) through the 2020s (2,471) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Emmies (743 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Emmie: 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 (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Emmie 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.