Emmy — #453 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emmy

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,264 babies named Emmy between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emmy currently holds the #453 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 690 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmy performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,540 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Emmy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,385 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Emmy in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emmy 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 12,264 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.