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
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 1,079 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,864since 1912
Emely over time
Rank among girls' names. Emely has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #503 | 590 | — | |
| 2024 | #427 | 723 | — | |
| 2023 | #423 | 729 | — | |
| 2022 | #446 | 702 | — | |
| 2021 | #528 | 584 | — | |
| 2020 | #523 | 578 | — | |
| 2019 | #431 | 741 | — | |
| 2018 | #484 | 649 | — | |
| 2017 | #428 | 743 | — | |
| 2016 | #481 | 650 | — | |
| 2015 | #431 | 733 | — | |
| 2014 | #417 | 768 | — | |
| 2013 | #417 | 727 | — | |
| 2012 | #395 | 785 | — | |
| 2011 | #369 | 867 | — | |
| 2010 | #319 | 998 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #315 | 1,042 | — | |
| 2008 | #306 | 1,092 | — | |
| 2007 | #325 | 1,025 | — | |
| 2006 | #309 | 1,068 | — | |
| 2005 | #298 | 1,079 | — | |
| 2004 | #315 | 1,006 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #357 | 855 | — | |
| 2002 | #394 | 745 | — | |
| 2001 | #409 | 709 | — | |
| 2000 | #464 | 597 | — | |
| 1999 | #504 | 518 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #586 | 412 | — | |
| 1997 | #662 | 332 | — | |
| 1996 | #630 | 355 | — | |
| 1995 | #778 | 256 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,204 | 146 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,129 | 158 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,537 | 101 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,609 | 94 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,989 | 68 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,027 | 62 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,962 | 57 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,233 | 26 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
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| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | — | |
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| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | — | |
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| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
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| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
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| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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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 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#207 · 1 in 1,029
- Nevada#264 · 1 in 1,025
- New Jersey#275 · 1 in 1,538
- California#282 · 1 in 1,441
- Maryland#299 · 1 in 1,496
Best ever in a state: #60 in District of Columbia, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #207 | 97 | 1 in 1,029 |
| Nevada | #264 | 9 | 1 in 1,025 |
| New Jersey | #275 | 27 | 1 in 1,538 |
| California | #282 | 152 | 1 in 1,441 |
| Maryland | #299 | 16 | 1 in 1,496 |
| Florida | #390 | 34 | 1 in 2,198 |
| Arizona | #418 | 15 | 1 in 2,030 |
| Connecticut | #421 | 6 | 1 in 2,557 |
| Texas | #428 | 61 | 1 in 2,414 |
| Colorado | #489 | 9 | 1 in 2,563 |
| Illinois | #525 | 22 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Virginia | #532 | 10 | 1 in 3,436 |
| Massachusetts | #548 | 8 | 1 in 3,921 |
| North Carolina | #578 | 11 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Georgia | #1,058 | 6 | 1 in 7,622 |
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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 Emely
- 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)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2005 at #298 (1,079 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1995–2025
- 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%)
- 38.6% of all girls named Emely (9,218) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,979 (1912) | #3,890 |
| 1920s | 20 | #4,973 (1925) | #5,027 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,568 (1932) | #3,865 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,376 (1955) | #5,119 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,773 (1960) | #5,691 |
| 1970s | 151 | #3,002 (1976) | #4,437 |
| 1980s | 368 | #1,962 (1987) | #2,846 |
| 1990s | 2,440 | #504 (1999) | #1,063 |
| 2000s | 9,218 | #298 (2005) | #349 |
| 2010s | 7,661 | #319 (2010) | #417 |
| 2020s | 3,906 | #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 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 3,424 of them was named Emely, which outranked 97.0% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 384,030 of them was named Emely, which outranked 14.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,702 names at #9,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.