Meaning not yet researched.
Emery: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,208 in 2025. Its best rank was #70 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #70 in 2024; #74 in 2025. About 91% of babies named Emery in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#74 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #70.
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Emery: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,208 girls in 2025. Peak: #70 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 3,208 (2025).
In 2025, 3,208 US girls were named Emery, making it the 74th most common girls’ name of the year, down 4 places from #70 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 3,207 girls named Emery in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #70, reached in 2024. The most girls given the name in a single year was 3,208, in 2025. For comparison, it was #134 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 305 US boys were named Emery, making it the 815th most common boys’ name of the year, up 5 places from #820 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 305 boys named Emery in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #209, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 367, in 2014. For comparison, it was #748 in 2015 and #604 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emery in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 52 babies with the name. In all, 64,249 US babies have been given the name, 68% of them girls and 32% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 24,253 babies named Emery.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 29,553 US girls were named Emery; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 3,208. In 2025 that was about 1 in 501 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emery ranked highest in South Dakota in 2025, at #19 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 38 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emmery (1,146 babies since 1880), Emory (29,762 babies since 1880), Emerie (6,903 babies since 1880) and Emeri (2,670 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Amerigo, Emeree and Emmary are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Amerigo (359), Emeree (292), Emmary (289), Emary (206), Emmory (197), Emiri (124), Emmeri (79), Emerii (73), Emerey (41), Emeria (19), Emyri (18), Imery (6), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Emery in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 25 | #19 | #51 |
| Wyoming | 9 | #25 | #48 |
| Montana | 18 | #30 | #77 |
| Idaho | 39 | #30 | #54 |
| North Dakota | 19 | #30 | #46 |
| Kentucky | 71 | #44 | #112 |
| Utah | 69 | #47 | #40 |
| Missouri | 84 | #47 | #98 |
| Kansas | 46 | #49 | #68 |
| Arkansas | 41 | #51 | #56 |
| Mississippi | 34 | #51 | #126 |
| South Carolina | 63 | #55 | #115 |
| North Carolina | 141 | #56 | #98 |
| Texas | 423 | #57 | #101 |
| Nebraska | 28 | #57 | #86 |
| Ohio | 137 | #58 | #113 |
| Vermont | 7 | #59 | — |
| Alabama | 58 | #60 | #99 |
| Louisiana | 54 | #61 | #74 |
| Iowa | 41 | #62 | #54 |
| Oregon | 44 | #63 | #99 |
| Oklahoma | 44 | #71 | #33 |
| Arizona | 75 | #75 | #130 |
| Alaska | 8 | #75 | — |
| Wisconsin | 58 | #78 | #153 |
| Tennessee | 84 | #78 | #74 |
| Michigan | 88 | #80 | #149 |
| Washington | 72 | #80 | #86 |
| California | 345 | #82 | #161 |
| Delaware | 9 | #84 | — |
| Indiana | 71 | #84 | #108 |
| West Virginia | 17 | #85 | #171 |
| Minnesota | 57 | #90 | #144 |
| New Mexico | 14 | #94 | #126 |
| Colorado | 53 | #96 | #102 |
| Illinois | 89 | #97 | #176 |
| Virginia | 72 | #99 | #151 |
| Nevada | 21 | #100 | #127 |
| Pennsylvania | 95 | #104 | #280 |
| Connecticut | 27 | #106 | #370 |
| Florida | 146 | #121 | #238 |
| New York | 122 | #131 | #372 |
| Massachusetts | 41 | #132 | #189 |
| Georgia | 72 | #138 | #187 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #144 | #250 |
| Maryland | 24 | #216 | #280 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #218 | #170 |
| New Jersey | 29 | #287 | #515 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,208 | #74 | 305 | #815 |
| 2024 | 3,207 | #70 | 305 | #820 |
| 2023 | 3,115 | #70 | 349 | #749 |
| 2022 | 2,973 | #82 | 357 | #727 |
| 2021 | 2,921 | #90 | 325 | #771 |
| 2020 | 2,984 | #89 | 330 | #739 |
| 2019 | 3,018 | #93 | 328 | #735 |
| 2018 | 3,009 | #94 | 300 | #774 |
| 2017 | 2,698 | #115 | 304 | #771 |
| 2016 | 2,420 | #130 | 341 | #718 |
| 2015 | 2,424 | #134 | 324 | #748 |
| 2014 | 2,046 | #162 | 367 | #687 |
| 2013 | 1,675 | #195 | 318 | #734 |
| 2012 | 1,485 | #211 | 367 | #649 |
| 2011 | 1,172 | #271 | 322 | #712 |
| 2010 | 1,024 | #313 | 311 | #737 |
| 2009 | 976 | #337 | 293 | #777 |
| 2008 | 680 | #467 | 303 | #745 |
| 2007 | 520 | #578 | 204 | #967 |
| 2006 | 352 | #781 | 181 | #1,016 |
| 2005 | 318 | #813 | 169 | #1,005 |
| 2004 | 207 | #1,104 | 122 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 155 | #1,326 | 124 | #1,193 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,435 | 97 | #1,361 |
| 2001 | 106 | #1,706 | 88 | #1,418 |
| 2000 | 103 | #1,710 | 84 | #1,470 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,551 | 79 | #1,462 |
| 1998 | 91 | #1,742 | 80 | #1,423 |
| 1997 | 71 | #2,007 | 80 | #1,378 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,920 | 69 | #1,468 |
| 1995 | 47 | #2,636 | 80 | #1,317 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,996 | 87 | #1,246 |
| 1993 | 39 | #3,012 | 74 | #1,324 |
| 1992 | 45 | #2,697 | 90 | #1,168 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,968 | 76 | #1,283 |
| 1990 | 29 | #3,647 | 74 | #1,290 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,706 | 81 | #1,188 |
| 1988 | 18 | #4,706 | 82 | #1,100 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,169 | 86 | #1,026 |
| 1986 | 21 | #3,921 | 78 | #1,057 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,177 | 76 | #1,059 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,373 | 68 | #1,086 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,992 | 72 | #1,041 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,643 | 82 | #995 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,999 | 82 | #1,005 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,612 | 65 | #1,127 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,856 | 91 | #922 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,664 | 64 | #1,088 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,493 | 72 | #1,016 |
| 1976 | — | — | 73 | #974 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,292 | 76 | #941 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,533 | 59 | #1,075 |
| 1973 | — | — | 81 | #890 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,647 | 72 | #955 |
| 1971 | — | — | 78 | #923 |
| 1970 | — | — | 69 | #970 |
| 1969 | — | — | 91 | #809 |
| 1968 | — | — | 90 | #781 |
| 1967 | — | — | 70 | #859 |
| 1966 | — | — | 81 | #809 |
| 1965 | — | — | 107 | #717 |
| 1964 | — | — | 125 | #689 |
| 1963 | — | — | 121 | #707 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,863 | 145 | #645 |
| 1961 | — | — | 121 | #694 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,327 | 144 | #650 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,532 | 107 | #739 |
| 1958 | — | — | 99 | #741 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,320 | 127 | #678 |
| 1956 | — | — | 147 | #629 |
| 1955 | — | — | 130 | #648 |
| 1954 | — | — | 130 | #643 |
| 1953 | — | — | 122 | #645 |
| 1952 | — | — | 139 | #596 |
| 1951 | — | — | 146 | #567 |
| 1950 | — | — | 128 | #604 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,477 | 138 | #574 |
| 1948 | — | — | 141 | #562 |
| 1947 | — | — | 144 | #564 |
| 1946 | — | — | 121 | #582 |
| 1945 | — | — | 121 | #544 |
| 1944 | — | — | 111 | #581 |
| 1943 | — | — | 131 | #545 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,844 | 161 | #483 |
| 1941 | — | — | 151 | #478 |
| 1940 | — | — | 144 | #481 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,903 | 162 | #451 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,979 | 157 | #461 |
| 1937 | — | — | 141 | #479 |
| 1936 | — | — | 143 | #471 |
| 1935 | — | — | 181 | #408 |
| 1934 | — | — | 178 | #418 |
| 1933 | — | — | 161 | #435 |
| 1932 | — | — | 163 | #443 |
| 1931 | — | — | 177 | #425 |
| 1930 | — | — | 194 | #424 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,224 | 208 | #404 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,939 | 228 | #393 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,454 | 220 | #405 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,465 | 223 | #397 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,212 | 249 | #378 |
| 1924 | — | — | 268 | #367 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,093 | 248 | #378 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,616 | 276 | #355 |
| 1921 | — | — | 292 | #345 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,210 | 283 | #351 |
| 1919 | — | — | 304 | #321 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,447 | 272 | #352 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,807 | 287 | #318 |
| 1916 | — | — | 266 | #323 |
| 1915 | — | — | 274 | #308 |
| 1914 | — | — | 211 | #311 |
| 1913 | — | — | 171 | #305 |
| 1912 | — | — | 137 | #314 |
| 1911 | — | — | 70 | #325 |
| 1910 | — | — | 55 | #333 |
| 1909 | — | — | 47 | #340 |
| 1908 | — | — | 48 | #321 |
| 1907 | — | — | 43 | #326 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,041 | 34 | #356 |
| 1905 | — | — | 45 | #301 |
| 1904 | — | — | 30 | #372 |
| 1903 | — | — | 35 | #320 |
| 1902 | — | — | 39 | #308 |
| 1901 | — | — | 35 | #297 |
| 1900 | — | — | 42 | #330 |
| 1899 | — | — | 38 | #282 |
| 1898 | — | — | 48 | #258 |
| 1897 | — | — | 45 | #262 |
| 1896 | — | — | 41 | #288 |
| 1895 | — | — | 37 | #297 |
| 1894 | — | — | 40 | #280 |
| 1893 | — | — | 51 | #242 |
| 1892 | — | — | 48 | #259 |
| 1891 | — | — | 37 | #266 |
| 1890 | — | — | 34 | #296 |
| 1889 | — | — | 42 | #254 |
| 1888 | — | — | 37 | #291 |
| 1887 | — | — | 33 | #289 |
| 1886 | — | — | 44 | #256 |
| 1885 | — | — | 41 | #259 |
| 1884 | — | — | 51 | #236 |
| 1883 | — | — | 43 | #250 |
| 1882 | — | — | 53 | #226 |
| 1881 | — | — | 53 | #209 |
| 1880 | — | — | 52 | #227 |
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).