Girls' name · since 2014
Emslie
Emslie has 28 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emslie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 28 have been recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Emslie recorded 28 times among girls since 2014, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2021.
- #41,709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emslie ranks #41,709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Emslie's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Emslie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Emslie's full recorded timeline at 2017, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Emslie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2021
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Emslie by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Emslie's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Emslie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Emslie's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emslie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2014–2021 (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 Emslie 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.