Emmielou — girls' name
25 babies named Emmielou in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
25 girls have been named Emmielou since 2014, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.
- 25
- total births
- 2014–2021
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Emmielou was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Emmielou in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emmielou
The Social Security Administration has registered 25 babies named Emmielou between 2014 and 2021, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmielou currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmielou performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Emmielou shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emmielou 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 25 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.
Emmielou at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emmielou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2014
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
25 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 7 births in a single year.
Emmielou by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18 births that decade — 72% of Emmielou's all-time total
Emmielou decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emmielou's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% 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, 2014–2021 (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.