Emelie
- #5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 10 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,612since 1880
Emelie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Emelie has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,099 | 25 |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 |
| 2023 | #4,114 | 35 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 |
| 2019 | #3,337 | 47 |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 |
| 2017 | #2,925 | 56 |
| 2016 | #2,866 | 59 |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 |
| 2010 | #2,841 | 61 |
| 2009 | #2,892 | 60 |
| 2008 | #3,084 | 55 |
| 2007 | #2,858 | 63 |
| 2006 | #3,054 | 55 |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 |
| 2004 | #2,424 | 70 |
| 2003 | #2,243 | 76 |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 |
| 2001 | #3,198 | 43 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 |
| 1998 | #2,846 | 46 |
| 1997 | #3,716 | 30 |
| 1996 | #3,429 | 33 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 |
| 1994 | #3,234 | 35 |
| 1993 | #3,158 | 36 |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 |
| 1991 | #4,808 | 20 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 9 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1890 | #727 | 14 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 |
| 1884 | #851 | 7 |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emelie was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Emelie is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #3,095 | 5 | 1 in 32,345 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,878 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #5,099)
- Biggest jump: 379 spots in 1889
- Biggest drop: 306 spots in 1896
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #547 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1880–1886
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,099
- Highest: 1 in 9,099 girls born in 1880 were named Emelie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 22.4% of all girls named Emelie (585) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 80 | #547 (1880) | #758 |
| 1890s | 79 | #727 (1890) | #1,118 |
| 1900s | 71 | #1,050 (1904) | #1,593 |
| 1910s | 101 | #1,708 (1917) | #2,369 |
| 1920s | 131 | #1,992 (1924) | #2,750 |
| 1930s | 131 | #1,345 (1936) | #2,346 |
| 1940s | 109 | #1,882 (1941) | #2,882 |
| 1950s | 52 | #3,714 (1951) | #4,518 |
| 1960s | 40 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,723 |
| 1970s | 67 | #5,011 (1974) | #6,502 |
| 1980s | 120 | #4,167 (1982) | #6,135 |
| 1990s | 331 | #2,846 (1998) | #3,547 |
| 2000s | 585 | #2,243 (2003) | #2,840 |
| 2010s | 516 | #2,841 (2010) | #3,203 |
| 2020s | 199 | #3,221 (2020) | #4,350 |
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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