Emmily — #6441 US girls' name
961 babies named Emmily in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
36% of everyone ever named Emmily was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Emmily in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emmily
The Social Security Administration has registered 961 babies named Emmily between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmily currently holds the #6441 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmily performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Emmily shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Emmily in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emmily 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 961 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.
Emmily at a glance
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Current rank
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Emmily popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2008)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #6441 among girls.
961 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 42 births in a single year.
Emmily by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 348 births that decade — 36% of Emmily's all-time total
Emmily decade highlights
- Peak decade 348 births
- Runner-up 226 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emmily's strongest decade
348 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Emmily by state
Where Emmily concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 133 | 13.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 49 | 5.1% |
133 of 961 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.