Emani
- #1,373 for girls in 2025, 160 births
- #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
- Given to girls 93.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2019 · 276 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,329since 1990
Emani over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,373 | 160 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #1,314 | 175 | #4,321 | 24 |
| 2023 | #1,148 | 212 | #4,456 | 23 |
| 2022 | #1,030 | 249 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | #1,061 | 237 | #5,338 | 17 |
| 2020 | #984 | 259 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #956 | 276 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #1,371 | 164 | #4,918 | 19 |
| 2017 | #1,364 | 169 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #1,271 | 191 | #6,349 | 13 |
| 2015 | #1,190 | 212 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #1,036 | 250 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #1,056 | 235 | #5,659 | 15 |
| 2012 | #1,111 | 223 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #1,301 | 181 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #1,160 | 209 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #1,358 | 175 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #1,117 | 231 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 2007 | #1,166 | 218 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #1,151 | 212 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #1,244 | 182 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #1,262 | 171 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #1,084 | 203 | #5,035 | 15 |
| 2002 | #1,121 | 186 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #1,102 | 192 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #1,113 | 183 | #4,785 | 15 |
| 1999 | #1,018 | 201 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #1,050 | 187 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #1,030 | 186 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #1,348 | 125 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #1,614 | 92 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #1,574 | 97 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | — | |
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First appearance
1990
The first year at least five girls were named Emani! It came in at #8,501, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
Where Emani is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Louisiana#534 · 1 in 2,046
- South Carolina#688 · 1 in 3,048
- Missouri#811 · 1 in 4,050
- Florida#825 · 1 in 4,566
- North Carolina#834 · 1 in 4,226
Best ever in a state: #120 in District of Columbia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #534 | 8 | 1 in 2,046 |
| South Carolina | #688 | 6 | 1 in 3,048 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| Florida | #825 | 19 | 1 in 4,566 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Georgia | #854 | 11 | 1 in 4,110 |
| Arizona | #909 | 6 | 1 in 4,703 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Washington | #1,046 | 5 | 1 in 5,772 |
| Texas | #1,224 | 21 | 1 in 7,645 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| California | #1,830 | 11 | 1 in 14,702 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Emani
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 389 spots since 2020 (#984 → #1,373)
- Biggest jump: 415 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 77 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1990
- Peaked 2019 at #956 (276 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2019–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,081
- Highest: 1 in 6,081 girls born in 2019 were named Emani (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,045 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.3% of all girls named Emani (2,110) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 974 | #1,018 (1999) | #2,980 |
| 2000s | 1,953 | #1,084 (2003) | #1,172 |
| 2010s | 2,110 | #956 (2019) | #1,182 |
| 2020s | 1,292 | #984 (2020) | #1,152 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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