Emely

#503 for girls in 2025, 590 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #12,231
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 1,079 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,864
since 1912

Emely over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Emely has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #298, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2022#446702—
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2020#523578—
2019#431741—
2018#484649—
2017#428743—
2016#481650—
2015#431733—
2014#417768—
2013#417727—
2012#395785—
2011#369867—
2010#319998#12,2315
2009#3151,042—
2008#3061,092—
2007#3251,025—
2006#3091,068—
2005#2981,079—
2004#3151,006#9,9486
2003#357855—
2002#394745—
2001#409709—
2000#464597—
1999#504518#9,9125
1998#586412—
1997#662332—
1996#630355—
1995#778256—
1994#1,204146—
1993#1,129158—
1992#1,537101—
1991#1,60994—
1990#1,98968—
1989#2,02762—
1988#2,53942—
1987#1,96257—
1986#2,17048—
1985#2,80433—
1984#3,23326—
1983#3,15126—
1982#2,58136—
1981#4,00519—
1980#3,99219—
1979#3,44223—
1978#4,67914—
1977#4,42515—
1976#3,00224—
1975#3,05223—
1974#4,45913—
1973#5,19110—
1972#4,30013—
1971#6,0068—
1970#5,8188—
1969#6,6176—
1968#5,1478—
1967#6,8045—
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1964#6,7675—
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Emely! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1912–1931, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Emely is popular in 1912

No state had 5 or more girls named Emely in 1912, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Emely
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 76 spots since 2024 (#427 → #503)
  • 20 spots since 2020 (#523 → #503)
  • 72 spots since 2015 (#431 → #503)
  • Biggest jump: 426 spots in 1995 (#1,204 → #778)
  • Biggest drop: 92 spots in 2020 (#431 → #523)
Rise & fade · girls
93 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2005 at #298 (1,079 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,713
  • Highest: 1 in 1,713 girls born in 2005 were named Emely (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,724 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 38.6% of all girls named Emely (9,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s15#2,979 (1912)#3,890
1920s20#4,973 (1925)#5,027
1930s18#3,568 (1932)#3,865
1940s0——
1950s19#4,376 (1955)#5,119
1960s48#4,773 (1960)#5,691
1970s151#3,002 (1976)#4,437
1980s368#1,962 (1987)#2,846
1990s2,440#504 (1999)#1,063
2000s9,218#298 (2005)#349
2010s7,661#319 (2010)#417
2020s3,906#423 (2023)#475

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.

Emely in 1912

girls
#2,979
5 births · 1 in 111,624 girls

Top girls' names in 1912

  1. #1Mary32,304
  2. #2Helen16,133
  3. #3Dorothy12,645
  4. #4Margaret12,536
  5. #5Ruth11,280
  6. #6Mildred8,764
  7. #7Anna8,586
  8. #8Elizabeth8,527
  9. #9Frances6,680
  10. #10Marie6,642
  11. #2,979Emely5
More about 1912

girls

558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 111,624 of them was named Emely, which outranked 13.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emely
  1. #2,634Zeda6
  2. #2,634Zenith6
  3. #2,634Zorah6
  4. #2,979Emely5
  5. #2,979Adelma5
  6. #2,979Adie5
  7. #2,979Adlene5

Tied with 466 names at #2,979; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 712Jule#1,545 → #833
  2. ↑ 626Beula#1,545 → #919
  3. ↑ 602Noma#1,372 → #770
  4. ↑ 577Walter#1,372 → #795
  5. ↑ 490Izora#1,450 → #960
Fallers
  1. ↓ 912Mabell#932 → #1,844
  2. ↓ 602Justina#875 → #1,477
  3. ↓ 579Irine#898 → #1,477
  4. ↓ 579Sula#898 → #1,477
  5. ↓ 568Cordia#853 → #1,421

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1912 →