Meaning not yet researched.
Emory: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 899 in 2025. Its best rank was #333 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #333 in 2024; #339 in 2025. About 77% of babies named Emory in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#339 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #333.
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Emory: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 899 girls in 2025. Peak: #333 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 940 (2024).
In 2025, 899 US girls were named Emory, making it the 339th most common girls’ name of the year, down 6 places from #333 in 2024. That is 41 fewer than the 940 girls named Emory in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #333, reached in 2024. That year also had the most girls given the name: 940. For comparison, it was #626 in 2015 and #5,537 in 1950.
In 2025, 269 US boys were named Emory, making it the 883rd most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 272 boys named Emory in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #240, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 308, in 1920. For comparison, it was #830 in 2015 and #530 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emory in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 40 babies with the name. In all, 29,762 US babies have been given the name, 36% of them girls and 64% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 6,632 babies named Emory.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 6,931 US girls were named Emory; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 940. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,788 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emory ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #96 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Emery (64,249 babies since 1880), Emeri (2,670 babies since 1880), Emari (2,355 babies since 1880) and Emori (1,541 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emoree, Emorii and Emmori 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: Emoree (365), Emorii (49), Emmori (19), Imori (6).
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 Emory 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 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 45 | #96 | #185 |
| Mississippi | 19 | #127 | #384 |
| Tennessee | 54 | #135 | #255 |
| North Carolina | 69 | #147 | #326 |
| South Carolina | 27 | #175 | #251 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #188 | — |
| Delaware | 5 | #189 | — |
| Texas | 163 | #210 | #399 |
| Louisiana | 17 | #259 | #355 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #263 | #381 |
| Virginia | 31 | #266 | #742 |
| Oklahoma | 15 | #279 | #270 |
| Georgia | 36 | #284 | #404 |
| Arkansas | 10 | #312 | #275 |
| Maryland | 16 | #338 | #817 |
| Florida | 51 | #360 | #674 |
| Utah | 12 | #369 | — |
| Washington | 19 | #371 | #789 |
| Colorado | 16 | #374 | #812 |
| Indiana | 18 | #381 | #721 |
| Missouri | 15 | #400 | #700 |
| Kansas | 8 | #416 | — |
| Idaho | 5 | #428 | #391 |
| Wisconsin | 12 | #429 | #775 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #490 | — |
| California | 64 | #518 | #1,851 |
| Arizona | 13 | #528 | — |
| Ohio | 19 | #542 | #551 |
| Michigan | 14 | #567 | #1,047 |
| Oregon | 6 | #575 | — |
| Minnesota | 8 | #615 | — |
| Illinois | 15 | #632 | #1,333 |
| Pennsylvania | 14 | #700 | #1,479 |
| New York | 18 | #871 | #1,315 |
| New Jersey | 8 | #873 | — |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #923 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 899 | #339 | 269 | #883 |
| 2024 | 940 | #333 | 272 | #883 |
| 2023 | 841 | #366 | 295 | #831 |
| 2022 | 679 | #468 | 287 | #849 |
| 2021 | 654 | #479 | 293 | #819 |
| 2020 | 693 | #446 | 281 | #820 |
| 2019 | 653 | #481 | 286 | #803 |
| 2018 | 657 | #476 | 288 | #789 |
| 2017 | 466 | #633 | 282 | #807 |
| 2016 | 449 | #655 | 271 | #835 |
| 2015 | 456 | #626 | 271 | #830 |
| 2014 | 377 | #742 | 255 | #865 |
| 2013 | 339 | #798 | 232 | #899 |
| 2012 | 302 | #881 | 207 | #972 |
| 2011 | 252 | #1,000 | 174 | #1,073 |
| 2010 | 231 | #1,079 | 184 | #1,049 |
| 2009 | 253 | #1,027 | 165 | #1,122 |
| 2008 | 215 | #1,184 | 133 | #1,307 |
| 2007 | 178 | #1,359 | 152 | #1,162 |
| 2006 | 136 | #1,582 | 139 | #1,206 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,935 | 114 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 119 | #1,632 | 120 | #1,257 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,864 | 92 | #1,432 |
| 2002 | 83 | #2,067 | 86 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,178 | 78 | #1,550 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,789 | 97 | #1,324 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,210 | 69 | #1,584 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,287 | 80 | #1,424 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,672 | 64 | #1,584 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,314 | 71 | #1,446 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,890 | 71 | #1,407 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,472 | 70 | #1,401 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,709 | 65 | #1,448 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,735 | 56 | #1,580 |
| 1991 | 26 | #3,969 | 57 | #1,531 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,231 | 61 | #1,439 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,017 | 58 | #1,439 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,388 | 57 | #1,378 |
| 1987 | — | — | 53 | #1,390 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,814 | 53 | #1,348 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,129 | 50 | #1,377 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,020 | 54 | #1,255 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,376 | 49 | #1,334 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,498 | 77 | #1,032 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,382 | 66 | #1,128 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,402 | 78 | #1,027 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,662 | 68 | #1,077 |
| 1978 | — | — | 64 | #1,089 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,763 | 52 | #1,225 |
| 1976 | — | — | 61 | #1,071 |
| 1975 | — | — | 58 | #1,104 |
| 1974 | — | — | 70 | #982 |
| 1973 | — | — | 73 | #945 |
| 1972 | — | — | 63 | #1,018 |
| 1971 | — | — | 90 | #862 |
| 1970 | — | — | 83 | #888 |
| 1969 | — | — | 97 | #786 |
| 1968 | — | — | 90 | #782 |
| 1967 | — | — | 81 | #806 |
| 1966 | — | — | 109 | #711 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,815 | 89 | #787 |
| 1964 | — | — | 149 | #638 |
| 1963 | — | — | 140 | #658 |
| 1962 | — | — | 124 | #692 |
| 1961 | — | — | 123 | #690 |
| 1960 | — | — | 130 | #689 |
| 1959 | — | — | 135 | #660 |
| 1958 | — | — | 108 | #716 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,349 | 148 | #633 |
| 1956 | — | — | 133 | #657 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,386 | 141 | #625 |
| 1954 | — | — | 170 | #560 |
| 1953 | — | — | 160 | #565 |
| 1952 | — | — | 143 | #583 |
| 1951 | — | — | 139 | #589 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,537 | 163 | #530 |
| 1949 | — | — | 150 | #544 |
| 1948 | — | — | 202 | #470 |
| 1947 | — | — | 176 | #512 |
| 1946 | — | — | 184 | #474 |
| 1945 | — | — | 158 | #475 |
| 1944 | — | — | 179 | #453 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,591 | 190 | #457 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,263 | 204 | #430 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,611 | 175 | #445 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,544 | 186 | #429 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,441 | 178 | #426 |
| 1938 | — | — | 170 | #441 |
| 1937 | — | — | 186 | #417 |
| 1936 | — | — | 197 | #390 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,900 | 174 | #425 |
| 1934 | — | — | 165 | #440 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,883 | 188 | #394 |
| 1932 | — | — | 227 | #369 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,534 | 218 | #379 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,775 | 202 | #412 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,226 | 223 | #387 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,264 | 228 | #394 |
| 1927 | — | — | 227 | #398 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,998 | 224 | #395 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,788 | 262 | #366 |
| 1924 | — | — | 263 | #372 |
| 1923 | — | — | 243 | #380 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,618 | 263 | #371 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,357 | 261 | #376 |
| 1920 | — | — | 308 | #335 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,070 | 224 | #391 |
| 1918 | — | — | 226 | #395 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,812 | 238 | #361 |
| 1916 | — | — | 229 | #355 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,925 | 225 | #358 |
| 1914 | — | — | 189 | #336 |
| 1913 | — | — | 151 | #332 |
| 1912 | — | — | 117 | #353 |
| 1911 | — | — | 74 | #314 |
| 1910 | — | — | 55 | #334 |
| 1909 | — | — | 57 | #303 |
| 1908 | — | — | 42 | #350 |
| 1907 | — | — | 52 | #298 |
| 1906 | — | — | 39 | #331 |
| 1905 | — | — | 43 | #309 |
| 1904 | — | — | 42 | #302 |
| 1903 | — | — | 32 | #342 |
| 1902 | — | — | 58 | #242 |
| 1901 | — | — | 44 | #259 |
| 1900 | — | — | 52 | #287 |
| 1899 | — | — | 41 | #272 |
| 1898 | — | — | 37 | #317 |
| 1897 | — | — | 39 | #292 |
| 1896 | — | — | 46 | #267 |
| 1895 | — | — | 42 | #275 |
| 1894 | — | — | 40 | #281 |
| 1893 | — | — | 27 | #341 |
| 1892 | — | — | 38 | #300 |
| 1891 | — | — | 23 | #359 |
| 1890 | — | — | 29 | #323 |
| 1889 | — | — | 37 | #277 |
| 1888 | — | — | 35 | #304 |
| 1887 | — | — | 33 | #290 |
| 1886 | — | — | 37 | #280 |
| 1885 | — | — | 34 | #285 |
| 1884 | — | — | 38 | #280 |
| 1883 | — | — | 38 | #267 |
| 1882 | — | — | 38 | #279 |
| 1881 | — | — | 42 | #240 |
| 1880 | — | — | 40 | #267 |
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).