Girls' name · since 1980
Emmilee
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 152 babies named Emmilee, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,631 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emmilee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 152 recorded since 1980.
Emmilee has 152 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2017.
- #22,631 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 152 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emmilee ranks #22,631 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 152 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,631 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 152
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Emmilee's 152 recorded births place it above 68.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emmilee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emmilee splits its recorded history at 2001: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emmilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2017
- Peak year (2000)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Emmilee by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (82 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Emmilee's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Emmilee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 82 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Emmilee's decade-level peak was the 2000s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emmilee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1980–2017 (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 Emmilee 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.