Emyah — girls' name
165 babies named Emyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Emyah was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Emyah in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Emyah between 1999 and 2022, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Emyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Emyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emyah 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 165 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.
Emyah at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1999
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
165 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 12 births in a single year.
Emyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 80 births that decade — 48% of Emyah's all-time total
Emyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emyah's strongest decade
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2022 (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.