Emlyn
- #9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 97.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 467since 1954
Emlyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Emlyn has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #9,457 | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,437 | 31 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 | — | |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | — | |
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| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
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| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
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| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
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| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
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| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | — | |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
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| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1954
The first year at least five girls were named Emlyn! It came in at #5,148, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Emlyn is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Emlyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Emlyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,665 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #9,457)
- 4,454 spots since 2020 (#5,003 → #9,457)
- 1,449 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #9,457)
Rise & fade · girls
64 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2018 at #3,918 (37 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 4 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 45,975
- Highest: 1 in 45,975 girls born in 2018 were named Emlyn (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 39.8% of all girls named Emlyn (186) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | #5,148 (1954) | #5,697 |
| 1960s | 5 | #6,592 (1963) | #6,592 |
| 1970s | 5 | #9,750 (1978) | #9,750 |
| 1980s | 29 | #7,312 (1983) | #10,363 |
| 1990s | 33 | #8,719 (1993) | #11,549 |
| 2000s | 102 | #7,073 (2008) | #9,067 |
| 2010s | 186 | #3,918 (2018) | #6,936 |
| 2020s | 96 | #5,003 (2020) | #7,588 |
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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