Emily Girl
How popular is Emily?
#34 girl name in 2025
5,451 baby girls were named Emily in the US in 2025, making it the 34th most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
Emily popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #34 for girls (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,451 girls, 10 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-54% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8 in 2015, #18 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (26,542 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1 in 1996 (12 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emily 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 Emily is most popular
Babies named Emily per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 8.0 per 1,000 (91 girls)
- New Mexico: 7.1 per 1,000 (173 girls)
- Nevada: 6.7 per 1,000 (309 girls)
- Hawaii: 6.6 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- California: 6.2 per 1,000 (5,175 girls)
Emily by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3,368 | #81 |
| 1890s | 5,476 | #86 |
| 1900s | 6,423 | #97 |
| 1910s | 17,069 | #98 |
| 1920s | 18,754 | #119 |
| 1930s | 11,916 | #154 |
| 1940s | 13,409 | #162 |
| 1950s | 12,839 | #203 |
| 1960s | 12,332 | #198 |
| 1970s | 46,839 | #33 |
| 1980s | 131,764 | #13 |
| 1990s | 237,262 | #1 |
| 2000s | 223,768 | #1 |
| 2010s | 117,646 | #6 |
| 2020s | 37,622 | #17 |
Girl names about as popular as Emily
Questions
- Is Emily a boy or girl name?
- Emily is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emily were girls.
- How popular is the name Emily?
- 5,451 baby girls were named Emily in the US in 2025, making it the 34th most popular girl name. Another 10 boys got the name (#7,675 for boys).
- When was Emily most popular?
- Emily peaked in 1999, when 26,542 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1, held for 12 years starting in 1996.
- How many people are named Emily?
- 898,296 babies have been named Emily in the US since 1880. We estimate about 817,627 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Emily most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emily was most common in Delaware, at 8.0 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.