Emsley — #3312 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Emsley

The Social Security Administration has registered 755 babies named Emsley between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emsley currently holds the #3312 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emsley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 537 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Emsley shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Emsley in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emsley 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 755 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.