Emery
#74 for girls in 2025, 3,208 births · #814 for boys in 2025, 305 births
Given to girls 68.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 3,207 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,837since 1906
Emery over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #74 | 3,208 | #814 | 305 |
| 2024 | #70 | 3,207 | #819 | 305 |
| 2023 | #70 | 3,115 | #747 | 349 |
| 2022 | #82 | 2,973 | #727 | 357 |
| 2021 | #90 | 2,921 | #770 | 325 |
| 2020 | #89 | 2,984 | #739 | 330 |
| 2019 | #93 | 3,018 | #735 | 328 |
| 2018 | #94 | 3,009 | #772 | 300 |
| 2017 | #115 | 2,698 | #771 | 304 |
| 2016 | #130 | 2,420 | #717 | 341 |
| 2015 | #134 | 2,424 | #745 | 324 |
| 2014 | #162 | 2,046 | #686 | 367 |
| 2013 | #195 | 1,675 | #733 | 318 |
| 2012 | #211 | 1,485 | #649 | 367 |
| 2011 | #271 | 1,172 | #710 | 322 |
| 2010 | #313 | 1,024 | #735 | 311 |
| 2009 | #337 | 976 | #777 | 293 |
| 2008 | #467 | 680 | #745 | 303 |
| 2007 | #578 | 520 | #967 | 204 |
| 2006 | #781 | 352 | #1,016 | 181 |
| 2005 | #812 | 318 | #1,005 | 169 |
| 2004 | #1,102 | 207 | #1,235 | 122 |
| 2003 | #1,325 | 155 | #1,190 | 124 |
| 2002 | #1,432 | 133 | #1,357 | 97 |
| 2001 | #1,700 | 106 | #1,415 | 88 |
| 2000 | #1,705 | 103 | #1,466 | 84 |
| 1999 | #1,548 | 109 | #1,457 | 79 |
| 1998 | #1,734 | 91 | #1,418 | 80 |
| 1997 | #2,002 | 71 | #1,378 | 80 |
| 1996 | #1,915 | 75 | #1,465 | 69 |
| 1995 | #2,623 | 47 | #1,312 | 80 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 | #1,244 | 87 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | #1,321 | 74 |
| 1992 | #2,687 | 45 | #1,162 | 90 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #3,623 | 29 | #1,287 | 74 |
| 1989 | #3,673 | 27 | #1,184 | 81 |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | #1,099 | 82 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #1,023 | 86 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 | #1,054 | 78 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #1,057 | 76 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #1,084 | 68 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 | #1,040 | 72 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 | #995 | 82 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #1,002 | 82 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #1,125 | 65 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #917 | 91 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #1,087 | 64 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #1,012 | 72 |
| 1976 | — | #973 | 73 | |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #938 | 76 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | #1,073 | 59 |
| 1973 | — | #885 | 81 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #952 | 72 |
| 1971 | — | #920 | 78 | |
| 1970 | — | #968 | 69 | |
| 1969 | — | #809 | 91 | |
| 1968 | — | #779 | 90 | |
| 1967 | — | #856 | 70 | |
| 1966 | — | #809 | 81 | |
| 1965 | — | #717 | 107 | |
| 1964 | — | #689 | 125 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #643 | 145 |
| 1961 | — | #694 | 121 | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #649 | 144 |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | #738 | 107 |
| 1958 | — | #740 | 99 | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #678 | 127 |
| 1956 | — | #626 | 147 | |
| 1955 | — | #648 | 130 | |
| 1954 | — | #643 | 130 | |
| 1953 | — | #644 | 122 | |
| 1952 | — | #594 | 139 | |
| 1951 | — | #566 | 146 | |
| 1950 | — | #604 | 128 | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #574 | 138 |
| 1948 | — | #562 | 141 | |
| 1947 | — | #564 | 144 | |
| 1946 | — | #581 | 121 | |
| 1945 | — | #544 | 121 | |
| 1944 | — | #581 | 111 | |
| 1943 | — | #545 | 131 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #482 | 161 |
| 1941 | — | #478 | 151 | |
| 1940 | — | #480 | 144 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #451 | 162 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #460 | 157 |
| 1937 | — | #478 | 141 | |
| 1936 | — | #471 | 143 | |
| 1935 | — | #407 | 181 | |
| 1934 | — | #418 | 178 | |
| 1933 | — | #435 | 161 | |
| 1932 | — | #442 | 163 | |
| 1931 | — | #425 | 177 | |
| 1930 | — | #424 | 194 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #404 | 208 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #393 | 228 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #405 | 220 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #396 | 223 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #378 | 249 |
| 1924 | — | #367 | 268 | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #378 | 248 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #355 | 276 |
| 1921 | — | #345 | 292 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #351 | 283 |
| 1919 | — | #319 | 304 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #351 | 272 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #317 | 287 |
| 1916 | — | #323 | 266 | |
| 1915 | — | #308 | 274 | |
| 1914 | — | #311 | 211 | |
| 1913 | — | #305 | 171 | |
| 1912 | — | #314 | 137 | |
| 1911 | — | #323 | 70 | |
| 1910 | — | #332 | 55 | |
| 1909 | — | #339 | 47 | |
| 1908 | — | #316 | 48 | |
| 1907 | — | #324 | 43 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #355 | 34 |
| 1905 | — | #299 | 45 | |
| 1904 | — | #368 | 30 | |
| 1903 | — | #318 | 35 | |
| 1902 | — | #308 | 39 | |
| 1901 | — | #294 | 35 | |
| 1900 | — | #330 | 42 | |
| 1899 | — | #281 | 38 | |
| 1898 | — | #255 | 48 | |
| 1897 | — | #262 | 45 | |
| 1896 | — | #288 | 41 | |
| 1895 | — | #295 | 37 | |
| 1894 | — | #278 | 40 | |
| 1893 | — | #241 | 51 | |
| 1892 | — | #257 | 48 | |
| 1891 | — | #265 | 37 | |
| 1890 | — | #294 | 34 | |
| 1889 | — | #251 | 42 | |
| 1888 | — | #289 | 37 | |
| 1887 | — | #289 | 33 | |
| 1886 | — | #256 | 44 | |
| 1885 | — | #258 | 41 | |
| 1884 | — | #235 | 51 | |
| 1883 | — | #245 | 43 | |
| 1882 | — | #225 | 53 | |
| 1881 | — | #208 | 53 | |
| 1880 | — | #225 | 52 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Emery! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Emery is popular in 2019
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#21 · 1 in 180
- Utah#27 · 1 in 187
- Kansas#31 · 1 in 204
- North Dakota#33 · 1 in 135
- South Dakota#33 · 1 in 152
Best ever in a state: #12 in Wyoming, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #21 | 60 | 1 in 180 |
| Utah | #27 | 90 | 1 in 187 |
| Kansas | #31 | 58 | 1 in 204 |
| North Dakota | #33 | 21 | 1 in 135 |
| South Dakota | #33 | 19 | 1 in 152 |
| Idaho | #40 | 31 | 1 in 203 |
| Vermont | #45 | 8 | 1 in 128 |
| Mississippi | #47 | 42 | 1 in 251 |
| Iowa | #50 | 50 | 1 in 243 |
| Colorado | #52 | 80 | 1 in 275 |
| Louisiana | #52 | 66 | 1 in 288 |
| Oklahoma | #54 | 52 | 1 in 296 |
| Montana | #56 | 13 | 1 in 196 |
| Missouri | #58 | 83 | 1 in 308 |
| Tennessee | #61 | 94 | 1 in 326 |
| Indiana | #64 | 86 | 1 in 335 |
| Wyoming | #65 | 6 | 1 in 166 |
| Kentucky | #70 | 54 | 1 in 324 |
| Texas | #70 | 372 | 1 in 426 |
| Nebraska | #71 | 25 | 1 in 297 |
| Ohio | #71 | 128 | 1 in 395 |
| Arizona | #73 | 77 | 1 in 372 |
| Alabama | #74 | 51 | 1 in 370 |
| North Carolina | #78 | 112 | 1 in 401 |
| Minnesota | #81 | 61 | 1 in 376 |
| Alaska | #96 | 7 | 1 in 285 |
| Maine | #97 | 11 | 1 in 299 |
| Michigan | #98 | 86 | 1 in 464 |
| Washington | #101 | 62 | 1 in 480 |
| Oregon | #103 | 31 | 1 in 447 |
| South Carolina | #105 | 39 | 1 in 454 |
| Wisconsin | #111 | 45 | 1 in 484 |
| Nevada | #114 | 22 | 1 in 461 |
| California | #118 | 293 | 1 in 630 |
| Pennsylvania | #118 | 89 | 1 in 561 |
| Georgia | #119 | 82 | 1 in 565 |
| Illinois | #121 | 87 | 1 in 593 |
| Florida | #131 | 128 | 1 in 661 |
| New Mexico | #138 | 11 | 1 in 512 |
| Delaware | #143 | 6 | 1 in 402 |
| West Virginia | #154 | 11 | 1 in 517 |
| Massachusetts | #156 | 36 | 1 in 686 |
| Hawaii | #165 | 6 | 1 in 462 |
| Virginia | #167 | 48 | 1 in 735 |
| Maryland | #171 | 33 | 1 in 678 |
| Connecticut | #182 | 17 | 1 in 683 |
| New York | #185 | 95 | 1 in 894 |
| New Jersey | #319 | 25 | 1 in 1,405 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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 Emery
- 4 spots since 2024 (#70 → #74)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#89 → #74)
- 60 spots since 2015 (#134 → #74)
- Biggest jump: 290 spots in 2005 (#1,102 → #812)
- Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2025 (#70 → #74)
- Debuted 1906
- Peaked 2024 at #70 (3,207 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 501 girls born in 2025 were named Emery (0.20%)
- Its best rank, #70 in 2024, was only 1 in 505 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 47.8% of all girls named Emery (20,971) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,951 (1906) | #1,951 |
| 1910s | 11 | #4,291 (1918) | #4,443 |
| 1920s | 46 | #3,971 (1923) | #4,467 |
| 1930s | 12 | #3,782 (1939) | #3,815 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,622 (1942) | #4,933 |
| 1950s | 14 | #4,202 (1957) | #5,224 |
| 1960s | 12 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,873 |
| 1970s | 55 | #4,459 (1974) | #6,398 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,673 (1989) | #4,757 |
| 1990s | 571 | #1,548 (1999) | #2,605 |
| 2000s | 3,550 | #337 (2009) | #1,024 |
| 2010s | 20,971 | #93 (2019) | #172 |
| 2020s | 18,408 | #70 (2024) | #79 |
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.
Emery in 2019
Top girls' names in 2019
Top boys' names in 2019
More about 2019
girls
1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 556 of them was named Emery, which outranked 99.5% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 5,470 of them was named Emery, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).