Emya — #11535 US girls' name
511 babies named Emya in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Emya was born in this single decade.
40 babies were named Emya in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emya
The Social Security Administration has registered 511 babies named Emya between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emya currently holds the #11535 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 40 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Emya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Emya in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emya 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 511 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.
Emya at a glance
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Current rank
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Emya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2007)
- 40
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #11535 among girls.
511 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 40 births in a single year.
Emya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 266 births that decade — 52% of Emya's all-time total
Emya decade highlights
- Peak decade 266 births
- Runner-up 177 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Emya's strongest decade
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Emya by state
Where Emya concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 511 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.0% of nationwide
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.0% 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, 1998–2024 (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.