Emrys
- #4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births
- #1,260 for boys in 2025, 157 births
- Given to boys 79.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 185 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,310since 1997
Emrys over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #4,460 | 31 | #1,260 | 157 |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | #1,140 | 185 |
| 2023 | #4,565 | 30 | #1,623 | 107 |
| 2022 | #4,108 | 35 | #1,861 | 85 |
| 2021 | #3,735 | 40 | #1,461 | 123 |
| 2020 | #4,880 | 26 | #1,788 | 84 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #1,614 | 102 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 | #1,886 | 79 |
| 2017 | #6,044 | 20 | #2,049 | 68 |
| 2016 | #6,186 | 20 | #2,086 | 67 |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #2,412 | 53 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #2,277 | 58 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #2,182 | 60 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #2,954 | 39 |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
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| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1997
The first year at least five boys were named Emrys! It came in at #9,265, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2008, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Emrys is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Wisconsin#618 · 1 in 3,347
- Colorado#756 · 1 in 4,475
- North Carolina#873 · 1 in 5,719
- Virginia#875 · 1 in 5,322
- Tennessee#927 · 1 in 6,128
Best ever in a state: #352 in Idaho, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Wisconsin | #618 | 7 | 1 in 3,347 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| North Carolina | #873 | 9 | 1 in 5,719 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Arizona | #927 | 5 | 1 in 6,545 |
| Tennessee | #927 | 6 | 1 in 6,128 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| Florida | #1,191 | 10 | 1 in 9,553 |
| New York | #1,202 | 9 | 1 in 9,380 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| California | #1,299 | 14 | 1 in 12,534 |
| Texas | #1,760 | 9 | 1 in 19,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Emrys
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 120 spots since 2024 (#1,140 → #1,260)
- 528 spots since 2020 (#1,788 → #1,260)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1997
- Peaked 2024 at #1,140 (185 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,313
- Highest: 1 in 9,313 boys born in 2024 were named Emrys (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,879 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 56.6% of all boys named Emrys (741) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | #9,265 (1997) | #9,265 |
| 2000s | 22 | #9,864 (2009) | #11,486 |
| 2010s | 542 | #1,614 (2019) | #3,520 |
| 2020s | 741 | #1,140 (2024) | #1,522 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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