Emi
#881 for girls in 2025, 303 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 303 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,360since 1916
Emi over time
Rank among girls' names. Emi has never cracked the top 800 here.
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 | #881 | 303 |
| 2024 | #995 | 260 |
| 2023 | #1,137 | 213 |
| 2022 | #1,190 | 202 |
| 2021 | #1,293 | 175 |
| 2020 | #1,357 | 161 |
| 2019 | #1,357 | 166 |
| 2018 | #1,413 | 158 |
| 2017 | #1,752 | 120 |
| 2016 | #1,358 | 174 |
| 2015 | #1,396 | 168 |
| 2014 | #1,221 | 200 |
| 2013 | #1,587 | 135 |
| 2012 | #1,457 | 156 |
| 2011 | #1,598 | 135 |
| 2010 | #1,830 | 111 |
| 2009 | #1,914 | 109 |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 73 |
| 2007 | #2,177 | 91 |
| 2006 | #2,555 | 71 |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 |
| 2003 | #2,062 | 86 |
| 2002 | #3,146 | 45 |
| 2001 | #2,766 | 53 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #3,890 | 21 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
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| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
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| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 |
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| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Emi! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1923, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Emi is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#57 · 1 in 204
- California#567 · 1 in 2,843
- Washington#581 · 1 in 2,568
- Arizona#756 · 1 in 3,509
- Colorado#900 · 1 in 4,324
Best ever in a state: #19 in Hawaii, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #57 | 11 | 1 in 204 |
| California | #567 | 58 | 1 in 2,843 |
| Washington | #581 | 11 | 1 in 2,568 |
| Arizona | #756 | 8 | 1 in 3,509 |
| Colorado | #900 | 5 | 1 in 4,324 |
| Virginia | #1,039 | 6 | 1 in 5,536 |
| Illinois | #1,137 | 7 | 1 in 6,365 |
| New York | #1,318 | 10 | 1 in 7,775 |
| Georgia | #1,330 | 6 | 1 in 7,563 |
| Texas | #1,367 | 19 | 1 in 8,534 |
| Florida | #1,705 | 7 | 1 in 12,153 |
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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 Emi
- 114 spots since 2024 (#995 → #881)
- 476 spots since 2020 (#1,357 → #881)
- 515 spots since 2015 (#1,396 → #881)
- Biggest jump: 142 spots in 2024 (#1,137 → #995)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2025 at #881 (303 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2024–2025
- Highest: 1 in 5,305 girls born in 2025 were named Emi (0.02%)
- 34.9% of all girls named Emi (1,523) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 16 | #3,919 (1916) | #4,514 |
| 1920s | 37 | #3,362 (1925) | #3,887 |
| 1930s | 10 | #4,218 (1933) | #4,237 |
| 1940s | 10 | #4,349 (1940) | #4,462 |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,520 (1958) | #4,990 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,202 (1965) | #5,090 |
| 1970s | 141 | #3,062 (1972) | #4,489 |
| 1980s | 257 | #2,440 (1980) | #3,473 |
| 1990s | 279 | #3,048 (1999) | #4,026 |
| 2000s | 706 | #1,914 (2009) | #2,522 |
| 2010s | 1,523 | #1,221 (2014) | #1,497 |
| 2020s | 1,314 | #881 (2025) | #1,142 |
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.
Emi in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 7,533 of them was named Emi, which outranked 93.5% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,129Lettie215
- #1,135Jillian214
- #1,135Xochitl214
- #1,137Emi213
- #1,137Ariadne213
- #1,137Evelina213
- #1,137Ingrid213
- #1,148Emani212
- #1,148Landry212
- #1,148Soraya212
Tied with 10 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.