Boys' name · since 2007
Emyr
Emyr has 127 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emyr currently ranks #5016 among boys' names in America, with 127 babies recorded since 2007.
Emyr has 127 recorded births among boys since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5016 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #15,855 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,016 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 127 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emyr ranks #15,855 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,016 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 127 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,016 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 127
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emyr's 127 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Emyr compares
127 30th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emyr's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emyr | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 127 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Emyr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Emyr splits its recorded history at 2020: 78% of all births land in the more recent half, 22% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Emyr popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Emyr by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (99 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Emyr's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Emyr births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 99 births (78% of all-time use).
Emyr by state
Where Emyr concentrates geographically, total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 127 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Emyrs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Emyr 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.