Emely Girl
How popular is Emely?
#503 girl name in 2025
590 baby girls were named Emely in the US in 2025, making it the 503rd most popular girl name.
Emely popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #503 for girls (▼ 76 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 590 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-20% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #431 in 2015, #523 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,092 girls) |
| Highest rank | #298 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1912 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emely counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emily family of names ranked #30 for girls in 2025 (#24 the year before), with 6,611 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emily | 5,451 | 82% |
| Emely | 590 | 9% |
| Emilee | 106 | 2% |
| Emilie | 170 | 3% |
| Emmalee | 47 | 1% |
| Emmaleigh | 23 | 0% |
| Emelie | 25 | 0% |
| Emalee | 13 | 0% |
| Emeli | 32 | 0% |
| Emilly | 59 | 1% |
| Emileigh | 5 | 0% |
| Emaleigh | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emely is most popular
Babies named Emely per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 1.7 per 1,000 (177 girls)
- Delaware: 1.0 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Virginia: 1.0 per 1,000 (164 girls)
- Rhode Island: 1.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.9 per 1,000 (11 girls)
Emely by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #2,977 |
| 1920s | 20 | #4,971 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,566 |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,375 |
| 1960s | 48 | #4,772 |
| 1970s | 151 | #3,001 |
| 1980s | 368 | #1,961 |
| 1990s | 2,440 | #504 |
| 2000s | 9,218 | #298 |
| 2010s | 7,661 | #319 |
| 2020s | 3,906 | #423 |
Girl names about as popular as Emely
Questions
- Is Emely a boy or girl name?
- Emely is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emely were girls.
- How popular is the name Emely?
- 590 baby girls were named Emely in the US in 2025, making it the 503rd most popular girl name.
- When was Emely most popular?
- Emely peaked in 2008, when 1,092 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #298 in 2005.
- How many people are named Emely?
- 23,880 babies have been named Emely in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,630 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Emely most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emely was most common in Maryland, at 1.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.