Emmy
Emmy was given to 695 girls in 2025, #445 among girls’ names; 12,963 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 12,000 Americans named Emmy and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 5 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emmy by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emmy mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emmy is “a diminutive of Emily, Emma, Emmeline or Amelia, also used as a female given name.”
/ˈɛmi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emmy?
#445 among girls’ names, 2025
Emmy rose from #619 in 2015 to #445 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.26 to 0.43 per 1,000.
695 babies in 2025, the peak
Emmy peaked in 2025, when 695 girls were given it, #445 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 692 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 695 | #445 | 0.43 |
| 2024 | 692 | #453 | 0.43 |
| 2023 | 600 | #505 | 0.37 |
| 2022 | 623 | #506 | 0.38 |
| 2021 | 571 | #538 | 0.35 |
| 2020 | 585 | #518 | 0.36 |
| 2019 | 640 | #490 | 0.38 |
| 2018 | 580 | #540 | 0.34 |
| 2017 | 496 | #611 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 480 | #622 | 0.27 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 467 | #619 | 0.26 |
| 2014 | 433 | #660 | 0.24 |
| 2013 | 436 | #651 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 387 | #718 | 0.22 |
| 2011 | 350 | #778 | 0.20 |
| 2010 | 272 | #945 | 0.15 |
| 2009 | 295 | #917 | 0.16 |
| 2008 | 283 | #953 | 0.15 |
| 2007 | 283 | #959 | 0.15 |
| 2006 | 198 | #1,213 | 0.10 |
| 2005 | 194 | #1,185 | 0.10 |
| 2004 | 156 | #1,354 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,425 | 0.08 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,588 | 0.07 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,797 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,019 | 0.05 |
| 1999 | 76 | #2,041 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,198 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,524 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,320 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,520 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,891 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,177 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,401 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,485 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,916 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,673 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,252 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,315 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,151 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,370 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,390 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,104 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,833 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 82 | #1,483 | 0.05 |
| 1980 | 91 | #1,374 | 0.05 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,836 | 0.04 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,789 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,598 | 0.04 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,823 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,284 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,357 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,150 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,094 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,751 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,142 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,254 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,661 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,378 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,443 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,286 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,154 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,899 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,842 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,989 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,761 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,416 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,521 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,508 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,959 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,989 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,090 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,744 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,603 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,333 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,275 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,653 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,144 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 24 | #2,012 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,979 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,786 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,124 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,713 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,875 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,708 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,965 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,355 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,970 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,233 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,529 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,988 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,705 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,402 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,481 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,218 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,456 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,233 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,363 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,685 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,836 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,615 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,984 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,567 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,892 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,167 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,502 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,421 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,113 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,577 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,037 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,690 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,192 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,538 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,621 | 0.02 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,206 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,627 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,170 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,523 | 0.02 |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 8 | #809 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Emmy a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emmy has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 130 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Emmy: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emmy, and how old are they?
12,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 12,963 Americans ever recorded as Emmy. The median Emmy alive today is 11 years old; half are between 5 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 9,880 people named Emmy (9,785 women and girls, 95 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,503 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 101 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 308 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 514 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 767 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,020 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 7,250 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Emmy born?
The states with the most babies named Emmy are California, Texas and Florida, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 93 | #352 | 0.9× |
| Texas | 56 | #562 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 47 | #400 | 0.8× |
| New York | 44 | #395 | 0.8× |
| Tennessee | 29 | #266 | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 28 | #298 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 28 | #386 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 25 | #454 | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 24 | #446 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 22 | #514 | 0.6× |
Where Emmy is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emmy is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Emmy with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 818,184 babies since 1880, Emmy is the second most given (1.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 695 of their 14,604 babies (4.8%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Emmy
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Emmy and names like it
- Compare Emmy and EmmaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEmmy peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emmy since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Emmy.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emmy alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.