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Emeline: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 62 in 2025. Its best rank was #482 in 1886.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #482 in 1886; #2,759 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Emeline in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,759 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1886, at #482.
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Emeline: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 62 girls in 2025. Peak: #482 in 1886 · most girls in one year: 104 (2016).
In 2025, 62 US girls were named Emeline, making it the 2,759th most common girls’ name of the year, down 387 places from #2,372 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 77 girls named Emeline in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #482, reached in 1886. The most girls given the name in a single year was 104, in 2016. For comparison, it was #2,219 in 2015 and #4,058 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emeline in 141 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 3,612 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 875 babies named Emeline.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 768 US girls were named Emeline; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 104. In 2025 that was about 1 in 25,924 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emeline ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #1,240 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Emelin (854 babies since 1880), Emmaline (7,422 babies since 1880), Emmeline (6,152 babies since 1880) and Emelyn (2,783 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emilene, Emilin and Emilyne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Em, Emily, Emma, Emmy and Milly.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Emilene (149), Emilin (23), Emilyne (12), Emolene (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 49 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 5 | #1,240 | — |
| California | 6 | #2,880 | #2,367 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,759 | — | — |
| 2024 | 77 | #2,372 | — | — |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,910 | — | — |
| 2022 | 66 | #2,642 | — | — |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,448 | — | — |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,558 | — | — |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,661 | — | — |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,928 | — | — |
| 2017 | 93 | #2,089 | — | — |
| 2016 | 104 | #1,934 | — | — |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,219 | — | — |
| 2014 | 82 | #2,278 | — | — |
| 2013 | 94 | #2,055 | — | — |
| 2012 | 90 | #2,119 | — | — |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,263 | — | — |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,460 | — | — |
| 2009 | 57 | #3,012 | — | — |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,538 | — | — |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,138 | — | — |
| 2006 | 52 | #3,194 | — | — |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,096 | — | — |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,282 | — | — |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,447 | — | — |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,906 | — | — |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,572 | — | — |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,915 | — | — |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,592 | — | — |
| 1998 | 34 | #3,513 | — | — |
| 1997 | 36 | #3,246 | — | — |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,312 | — | — |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,808 | — | — |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,897 | — | — |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,753 | — | — |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,910 | — | — |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,564 | — | — |
| 1990 | 18 | #5,118 | — | — |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,635 | — | — |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,897 | — | — |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,378 | — | — |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,746 | — | — |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,783 | — | — |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,969 | — | — |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,877 | — | — |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,495 | — | — |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,437 | — | — |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,423 | — | — |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,657 | — | — |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,138 | — | — |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,483 | — | — |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,969 | — | — |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,418 | — | — |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,985 | — | — |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,709 | — | — |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,543 | — | — |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,328 | — | — |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,278 | — | — |
| 1965 | 6 | #6,011 | — | — |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,170 | — | — |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,071 | — | — |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,857 | — | — |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,340 | — | — |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,554 | — | — |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,397 | — | — |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,368 | — | — |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,764 | — | — |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,230 | — | — |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,641 | — | — |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,989 | — | — |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,714 | — | — |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,090 | — | — |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,138 | — | — |
| 1950 | 8 | #4,058 | — | — |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,982 | — | — |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,317 | — | — |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,596 | — | — |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,756 | — | — |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,994 | — | — |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,317 | — | — |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,842 | — | — |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,725 | — | — |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,799 | — | — |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,985 | — | — |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,581 | — | — |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,023 | — | — |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,898 | — | — |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,791 | — | — |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,988 | — | — |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,442 | — | — |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,370 | — | — |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,970 | — | — |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,829 | — | — |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,349 | — | — |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,219 | — | — |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,781 | — | — |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,893 | — | — |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,218 | — | — |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,337 | — | — |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,691 | — | — |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,379 | — | — |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,227 | — | — |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,479 | — | — |
| 1919 | 46 | #1,081 | — | — |
| 1918 | 54 | #978 | — | — |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,165 | — | — |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,132 | — | — |
| 1913 | 26 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1912 | 29 | #945 | — | — |
| 1911 | 26 | #842 | — | — |
| 1910 | 19 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,069 | — | — |
| 1908 | 23 | #812 | — | — |
| 1907 | 20 | #848 | — | — |
| 1906 | 16 | #930 | — | — |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,112 | — | — |
| 1904 | 17 | #888 | — | — |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,362 | — | — |
| 1902 | 16 | #881 | — | — |
| 1901 | 12 | #971 | — | — |
| 1900 | 22 | #786 | — | — |
| 1899 | 17 | #798 | — | — |
| 1898 | 15 | #896 | — | — |
| 1897 | 16 | #803 | — | — |
| 1896 | 20 | #712 | — | — |
| 1895 | 14 | #870 | — | — |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #727 | — | — |
| 1892 | 16 | #739 | — | — |
| 1891 | 21 | #577 | — | — |
| 1890 | 15 | #702 | — | — |
| 1889 | 18 | #605 | — | — |
| 1888 | 15 | #671 | — | — |
| 1887 | 11 | #705 | — | — |
| 1886 | 21 | #482 | — | — |
| 1885 | 10 | #705 | — | — |
| 1884 | 18 | #485 | — | — |
| 1883 | 11 | #596 | — | — |
| 1882 | 13 | #516 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #767 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #597 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).