Emilyn

Peak · girls
2012 · 96 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,525
since 1948

Emilyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Emilyn has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,016, 2012girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,09925
2024#4,03936
2023#5,12625
2022#4,47231
2021#3,93537
2020#3,49843
2019#3,00254
2018#2,45772
2017#2,63566
2016#2,44675
2015#2,55570
2014#2,44274
2013#2,40875
2012#2,01696
2011#2,12490
2010#2,49374
2009#2,54873
2008#3,42048
2007#3,91840
2006#3,99237
2005#3,87637
2004#4,38731
2003#4,03433
2002#4,07131
2001#5,36421
2000#5,49120
1999#6,83614
1998#4,63623
1997#5,41718
1996#5,53117
1995#6,64113
1994#5,98415
1993#11,7806
1992#9,4918
1991#13,1475
1990#7,30311
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1988#7,6919
1987#6,78810
1986#9,5456
1985#6,45710
1984#4,96614
1983#5,45712
1982#8,2247
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Emilyn! It came in at #5,243, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1976, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Emilyn is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,437 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,297 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedHITexas: #3,285 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,108 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Emilyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#1,437 · 1 in 9,297
  2. Texas#3,285 · 1 in 32,108

Best ever in a state: #796 in Alabama, 2017.

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North Carolina#1,43751 in 9,297
Texas#3,28551 in 32,108
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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 Emilyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,060 spots since 2024 (#4,039 → #5,099)
  • 1,601 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #5,099)
  • 2,544 spots since 2015 (#2,555 → #5,099)
Rise & fade · girls
64 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 2012 at #2,016 (96 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,344
  • Highest: 1 in 18,344 girls born in 2012 were named Emilyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 48.9% of all girls named Emilyn (746) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s5#5,243 (1948)#5,243
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1970s8#6,892 (1977)#6,892
1980s68#4,966 (1984)#7,018
1990s130#4,636 (1998)#7,677
2000s371#2,548 (2009)#4,110
2010s746#2,016 (2012)#2,458
2020s197#3,498 (2020)#4,362

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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