Meaning not yet researched.
Emmy: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 695 in 2025. Its best rank was #445 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. Every baby recorded as Emmy in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#445 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Emmy: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 695 girls in 2025. Peak: #445 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 695 (2025).
In 2025, 695 US girls were named Emmy, making it the 445th most common girls’ name of the year, up 8 places from #453 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 692 girls named Emmy in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #445, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 695. For comparison, it was #619 in 2015 and #2,276 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emmy in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 8 babies. In all, 12,963 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,541 babies named Emmy.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,962 US girls were named Emmy; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 695. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,313 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emmy ranked highest in Delaware in 2025, at #149 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Emma (778,172 babies since 1880), Emmie (10,387 babies since 1880), Ema (4,857 babies since 1880) and Emmi (2,335 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emya, Emiya and Eymi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emya (511), Emiya (384), Eymi (372), Emie (263), Eimi (160), Eimmy (111), Emia (63), Eme (47), Emmee (44), Emee (15), Eymy (11), Emmey (5), 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 Emmy in the open dataset we use.
Emmy is listed as a nickname for Emeline, Emilia, Emily, Emma.
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 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 6 | #149 | — |
| Utah | 19 | #242 | #266 |
| Tennessee | 29 | #266 | #770 |
| Oregon | 13 | #278 | #536 |
| New Jersey | 28 | #298 | #591 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #304 | #521 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #308 | #552 |
| California | 93 | #352 | #532 |
| Idaho | 6 | #368 | #291 |
| Kentucky | 12 | #373 | #472 |
| South Carolina | 13 | #384 | — |
| North Carolina | 28 | #386 | #924 |
| New York | 44 | #395 | #720 |
| Florida | 47 | #400 | #784 |
| Iowa | 8 | #405 | #546 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #421 | #379 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #436 | #452 |
| Illinois | 24 | #446 | #645 |
| Ohio | 25 | #454 | #633 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #458 | — |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #459 | #456 |
| Colorado | 12 | #472 | #811 |
| Michigan | 17 | #490 | #740 |
| Georgia | 22 | #514 | #629 |
| Arizona | 13 | #527 | #416 |
| Washington | 12 | #553 | #467 |
| Texas | 56 | #562 | #767 |
| Maryland | 9 | #567 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #592 | — |
| Alabama | 8 | #593 | #858 |
| Kansas | 5 | #609 | #373 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #646 | #875 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #663 | #837 |
| Missouri | 8 | #669 | #501 |
| Indiana | 9 | #676 | #634 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #743 | #695 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,087 | #1,273 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 695 | #445 | — | — |
| 2024 | 692 | #453 | — | — |
| 2023 | 600 | #505 | — | — |
| 2022 | 623 | #506 | — | — |
| 2021 | 571 | #538 | — | — |
| 2020 | 585 | #518 | — | — |
| 2019 | 640 | #490 | — | — |
| 2018 | 580 | #540 | — | — |
| 2017 | 496 | #611 | — | — |
| 2016 | 480 | #622 | — | — |
| 2015 | 467 | #619 | — | — |
| 2014 | 433 | #660 | — | — |
| 2013 | 436 | #651 | — | — |
| 2012 | 387 | #718 | — | — |
| 2011 | 350 | #778 | — | — |
| 2010 | 272 | #945 | — | — |
| 2009 | 295 | #917 | — | — |
| 2008 | 283 | #953 | — | — |
| 2007 | 283 | #959 | — | — |
| 2006 | 198 | #1,213 | — | — |
| 2005 | 194 | #1,185 | — | — |
| 2004 | 156 | #1,355 | — | — |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,426 | — | — |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,589 | — | — |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,800 | — | — |
| 2000 | 82 | #2,023 | — | — |
| 1999 | 76 | #2,044 | — | — |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,201 | — | — |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,527 | — | — |
| 1996 | 57 | #2,323 | — | — |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,525 | — | — |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,896 | — | — |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,182 | — | — |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,406 | — | — |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,491 | — | — |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,921 | — | — |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,679 | — | — |
| 1988 | 50 | #2,257 | — | — |
| 1987 | 46 | #2,317 | — | — |
| 1986 | 29 | #3,153 | — | — |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,371 | — | — |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,391 | — | — |
| 1983 | 47 | #2,105 | — | — |
| 1982 | 59 | #1,833 | — | — |
| 1981 | 82 | #1,483 | — | — |
| 1980 | 91 | #1,374 | — | — |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,836 | — | — |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,789 | — | — |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,598 | — | — |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,823 | — | — |
| 1975 | 36 | #2,284 | — | — |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,357 | — | — |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,151 | — | — |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,094 | — | — |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,751 | — | — |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,142 | — | — |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,255 | — | — |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,662 | — | — |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,379 | — | — |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,444 | — | — |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,287 | — | — |
| 1964 | 17 | #3,155 | — | — |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,900 | — | — |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,843 | — | — |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,990 | — | — |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,762 | — | — |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,417 | — | — |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,522 | — | — |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,509 | — | — |
| 1956 | 16 | #2,960 | — | — |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,990 | — | — |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,091 | — | — |
| 1953 | 33 | #1,745 | — | — |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,604 | — | — |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,334 | — | — |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,276 | — | — |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,654 | — | — |
| 1948 | 21 | #2,145 | — | — |
| 1947 | 24 | #2,013 | — | — |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,980 | — | — |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,787 | — | — |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,125 | — | — |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,714 | — | — |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,876 | — | — |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,708 | — | — |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,854 | — | — |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,965 | — | — |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,714 | — | — |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,355 | — | — |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,970 | — | — |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,234 | — | — |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,529 | — | — |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,989 | — | — |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,706 | — | — |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,542 | — | — |
| 1929 | 34 | #1,291 | — | — |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,482 | — | — |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,218 | — | — |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,457 | — | — |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,233 | — | — |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,623 | — | — |
| 1923 | 34 | #1,363 | — | — |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,618 | — | — |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,685 | — | — |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,836 | — | — |
| 1919 | 25 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,985 | — | — |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,567 | — | — |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,892 | — | — |
| 1915 | 14 | #2,168 | — | — |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,502 | — | — |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,421 | — | — |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,115 | — | — |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,671 | — | — |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,037 | — | — |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,691 | — | — |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,192 | — | — |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,538 | — | — |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,622 | — | — |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,207 | — | — |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,628 | — | — |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,335 | — | — |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,170 | — | — |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,523 | — | — |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,193 | — | — |
| 1885 | 8 | #809 | — | — |
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).