Meaning not yet researched.
Emily: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,451 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 2007; #34 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Emily in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#34 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #1.
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Emily: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,451 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 2007 · most girls in one year: 26,542 (1999).
In 2025, 5,451 US girls were named Emily, making it the 34th most common girls’ name of the year, down 9 places from #25 in 2024. That is 533 fewer than the 5,984 girls named Emily in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in 2007. The most girls given the name in a single year was 26,542, in 1999. For comparison, it was #8 in 2015 and #203 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emily in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 210 babies with the name. In all, 898,296 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 237,646 babies named Emily.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 75,422 US girls were named Emily; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 11,006. In 2025 that was about 1 in 295 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emily ranked highest in California in 2025, at #16 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 46 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emilia (69,121 babies since 1880), Emilie (26,661 babies since 1880), Emely (23,880 babies since 1880) and Emilly (1,462 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emmily, Emmaly and Emaly are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Em, Emma, Emmy, Mel and Millie.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English, German and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emmily (973), Emmaly (628), Emaly (504), Emmely (484), Emilea (476), Emelly (412), Emilya (221), Emileo (188), Emiliya (147), Emali (98), Emaley (68), Emyli (55), 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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 910 | #16 | #6 |
| New Jersey | 206 | #18 | #7 |
| Florida | 447 | #18 | #7 |
| Texas | 687 | #21 | #9 |
| Washington | 147 | #23 | #6 |
| South Carolina | 90 | #23 | #10 |
| Arizona | 142 | #24 | #6 |
| New Mexico | 28 | #26 | #10 |
| Kansas | 61 | #27 | #14 |
| Oregon | 66 | #28 | #12 |
| Nevada | 48 | #28 | #6 |
| New York | 318 | #30 | #7 |
| Maryland | 93 | #32 | #14 |
| Illinois | 190 | #32 | #11 |
| Wyoming | 8 | #34 | #11 |
| Colorado | 97 | #38 | #12 |
| Massachusetts | 112 | #39 | #7 |
| Virginia | 127 | #42 | #12 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | #43 | #10 |
| Connecticut | 56 | #44 | #8 |
| Alabama | 68 | #45 | #27 |
| North Carolina | 171 | #46 | #11 |
| Hawaii | 12 | #46 | #28 |
| Georgia | 150 | #47 | #8 |
| Pennsylvania | 154 | #53 | #10 |
| District of Columbia | 11 | #58 | #13 |
| Mississippi | 32 | #58 | #37 |
| Ohio | 136 | #59 | #24 |
| Utah | 60 | #60 | #21 |
| Idaho | 28 | #60 | #11 |
| Delaware | 12 | #60 | #15 |
| Arkansas | 39 | #61 | #12 |
| Wisconsin | 67 | #61 | #20 |
| Kentucky | 58 | #61 | #18 |
| Tennessee | 98 | #66 | #13 |
| Indiana | 83 | #66 | #16 |
| Nebraska | 26 | #67 | #11 |
| Oklahoma | 43 | #74 | #14 |
| Louisiana | 49 | #74 | #27 |
| Alaska | 8 | #76 | #10 |
| New Hampshire | 15 | #78 | #8 |
| Minnesota | 62 | #80 | #17 |
| South Dakota | 11 | #87 | #20 |
| Missouri | 59 | #97 | #23 |
| Iowa | 31 | #97 | #27 |
| Michigan | 79 | #98 | #19 |
| Maine | 10 | #105 | #20 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #107 | #39 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #187 | #30 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,451 | #34 | 10 | #7,833 |
| 2024 | 5,984 | #25 | 10 | #7,931 |
| 2023 | 6,177 | #19 | 9 | #8,445 |
| 2022 | 6,498 | #17 | — | — |
| 2021 | 6,594 | #21 | 6 | #11,163 |
| 2020 | 6,918 | #18 | 11 | #7,162 |
| 2019 | 8,259 | #12 | 8 | #9,127 |
| 2018 | 8,718 | #12 | 11 | #7,273 |
| 2017 | 9,817 | #12 | 5 | #12,856 |
| 2016 | 11,006 | #9 | 7 | #9,962 |
| 2015 | 11,808 | #8 | 17 | #5,360 |
| 2014 | 12,670 | #7 | 11 | #7,195 |
| 2013 | 13,144 | #7 | 20 | #4,674 |
| 2012 | 13,666 | #6 | 21 | #4,583 |
| 2011 | 14,277 | #6 | 11 | #7,144 |
| 2010 | 14,281 | #6 | 20 | #4,730 |
| 2009 | 15,366 | #6 | 19 | #4,983 |
| 2008 | 17,448 | #3 | 26 | #3,968 |
| 2007 | 19,367 | #1 | 27 | #3,814 |
| 2006 | 21,412 | #1 | 31 | #3,405 |
| 2005 | 23,952 | #1 | 33 | #3,108 |
| 2004 | 25,042 | #1 | 120 | #1,256 |
| 2003 | 25,693 | #1 | 41 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 24,470 | #1 | 34 | #2,774 |
| 2001 | 25,059 | #1 | 32 | #2,885 |
| 2000 | 25,959 | #1 | 30 | #2,939 |
| 1999 | 26,542 | #1 | 45 | #2,110 |
| 1998 | 26,188 | #1 | 38 | #2,320 |
| 1997 | 25,734 | #1 | 35 | #2,361 |
| 1996 | 25,150 | #1 | 34 | #2,348 |
| 1995 | 24,382 | #3 | 40 | #2,063 |
| 1994 | 24,154 | #3 | 31 | #2,463 |
| 1993 | 23,596 | #5 | 43 | #1,915 |
| 1992 | 21,835 | #7 | 31 | #2,376 |
| 1991 | 20,311 | #10 | 34 | #2,160 |
| 1990 | 19,370 | #12 | 53 | #1,573 |
| 1989 | 17,323 | #13 | 82 | #1,177 |
| 1988 | 15,869 | #18 | 57 | #1,377 |
| 1987 | 14,710 | #19 | 51 | #1,428 |
| 1986 | 13,236 | #24 | 57 | #1,289 |
| 1985 | 13,144 | #24 | 47 | #1,435 |
| 1984 | 12,786 | #24 | 53 | #1,270 |
| 1983 | 12,377 | #25 | 44 | #1,434 |
| 1982 | 12,519 | #24 | 55 | #1,260 |
| 1981 | 10,799 | #29 | 48 | #1,363 |
| 1980 | 9,001 | #31 | 33 | #1,741 |
| 1979 | 7,971 | #34 | 27 | #1,960 |
| 1978 | 7,473 | #33 | 21 | #2,231 |
| 1977 | 6,879 | #37 | 17 | #2,589 |
| 1976 | 5,547 | #50 | 20 | #2,267 |
| 1975 | 5,482 | #48 | 16 | #2,566 |
| 1974 | 4,329 | #69 | 18 | #2,306 |
| 1973 | 3,027 | #99 | 13 | #2,758 |
| 1972 | 2,334 | #131 | 10 | #3,220 |
| 1971 | 1,866 | #166 | — | — |
| 1970 | 1,931 | #173 | 6 | #4,398 |
| 1969 | 1,575 | #198 | — | — |
| 1968 | 1,326 | #225 | — | — |
| 1967 | 1,204 | #239 | 5 | #4,138 |
| 1966 | 1,249 | #237 | — | — |
| 1965 | 1,288 | #238 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1,131 | #268 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,108 | #269 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,079 | #273 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,147 | #265 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,225 | #251 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,213 | #251 | — | — |
| 1958 | 1,171 | #254 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,207 | #246 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1,282 | #230 | 7 | #3,301 |
| 1955 | 1,304 | #223 | — | — |
| 1954 | 1,342 | #218 | — | — |
| 1953 | 1,325 | #220 | — | — |
| 1952 | 1,392 | #207 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,287 | #212 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,316 | #203 | 7 | #3,127 |
| 1949 | 1,392 | #196 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,391 | #194 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,470 | #187 | — | — |
| 1946 | 1,379 | #186 | 5 | #3,676 |
| 1945 | 1,134 | #181 | 7 | #2,825 |
| 1944 | 1,251 | #170 | — | — |
| 1943 | 1,336 | #175 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,419 | #164 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 1941 | 1,368 | #162 | 9 | #2,536 |
| 1940 | 1,269 | #164 | 5 | #3,606 |
| 1939 | 1,292 | #163 | 8 | #2,673 |
| 1938 | 1,308 | #164 | 7 | #2,956 |
| 1937 | 1,293 | #161 | 5 | #3,692 |
| 1936 | 1,123 | #171 | 7 | #2,971 |
| 1935 | 1,094 | #173 | — | — |
| 1934 | 1,067 | #175 | — | — |
| 1933 | 1,062 | #171 | — | — |
| 1932 | 1,147 | #168 | 8 | #2,931 |
| 1931 | 1,186 | #159 | 8 | #2,926 |
| 1930 | 1,344 | #154 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 1929 | 1,444 | #151 | 6 | #3,679 |
| 1928 | 1,559 | #150 | — | — |
| 1927 | 1,656 | #146 | 11 | #2,574 |
| 1926 | 1,729 | #142 | 6 | #3,848 |
| 1925 | 1,767 | #145 | 5 | #4,399 |
| 1924 | 2,044 | #136 | 7 | #3,615 |
| 1923 | 2,057 | #128 | 5 | #4,420 |
| 1922 | 2,146 | #121 | — | — |
| 1921 | 2,184 | #121 | 6 | #4,012 |
| 1920 | 2,168 | #119 | 7 | #3,595 |
| 1919 | 2,307 | #105 | 6 | #3,863 |
| 1918 | 2,361 | #105 | — | — |
| 1917 | 2,220 | #103 | — | — |
| 1916 | 2,213 | #100 | 5 | #4,102 |
| 1915 | 2,091 | #99 | — | — |
| 1914 | 1,650 | #98 | — | — |
| 1913 | 1,386 | #99 | — | — |
| 1912 | 1,147 | #105 | 6 | #2,367 |
| 1911 | 909 | #103 | — | — |
| 1910 | 785 | #110 | — | — |
| 1909 | 749 | #103 | — | — |
| 1908 | 732 | #103 | — | — |
| 1907 | 714 | #100 | — | — |
| 1906 | 619 | #104 | — | — |
| 1905 | 683 | #100 | — | — |
| 1904 | 599 | #103 | — | — |
| 1903 | 558 | #101 | — | — |
| 1902 | 606 | #97 | — | — |
| 1901 | 537 | #99 | — | — |
| 1900 | 626 | #105 | — | — |
| 1899 | 569 | #96 | — | — |
| 1898 | 628 | #94 | — | — |
| 1897 | 619 | #88 | — | — |
| 1896 | 527 | #96 | 5 | #1,148 |
| 1895 | 605 | #89 | — | — |
| 1894 | 551 | #93 | — | — |
| 1893 | 506 | #95 | — | — |
| 1892 | 518 | #94 | — | — |
| 1891 | 444 | #95 | — | — |
| 1890 | 509 | #86 | — | — |
| 1889 | 429 | #93 | — | — |
| 1888 | 457 | #90 | — | — |
| 1887 | 335 | #98 | — | — |
| 1886 | 369 | #93 | — | — |
| 1885 | 346 | #87 | — | — |
| 1884 | 364 | #81 | — | — |
| 1883 | 342 | #81 | — | — |
| 1882 | 272 | #95 | — | — |
| 1881 | 244 | #90 | — | — |
| 1880 | 210 | #100 | — | — |
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).