Emsley

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Peak · girls
#2,555
2015 · 70 births
Debut · girls
2006
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
797
since 2006

Emsley over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,555, 2015girls
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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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First appearance
2006

The first year at least five girls were named Emsley! It came in at #13,606, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2007, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Emsley is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,281 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,747 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Emsley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#1,281 · 1 in 7,747

Best ever in a state: #723 in Alabama, 2024.

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See more about Emsley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 368 spots since 2024 (#3,277 → #3,645)
  • 307 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #3,645)
  • 1,090 spots since 2015 (#2,555 → #3,645)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2006
  • Peaked 2015 at #2,555 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 6 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 25,501
  • Highest: 1 in 25,501 girls born in 2015 were named Emsley (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 67.5% of all girls named Emsley (538) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s39#7,679 (2009)#9,676
2010s538#2,555 (2015)#3,164
2020s220#3,277 (2024)#4,080

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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