Emmeline Girl
How popular is Emmeline?
#922 girl name in 2025
284 baby girls were named Emmeline in the US in 2025, making it the 922nd most popular girl name.
Emmeline popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #922 for girls (▲ 16 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 284 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #810 in 2015, #864 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (370 girls) |
| Highest rank | #753 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1888 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emmeline counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmalyn family of names ranked #265 for girls in 2025 (#263 the year before), with 1,238 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emmalyn | 204 | 16% |
| Emmeline | 284 | 23% |
| Emmaline | 182 | 15% |
| Emmalynn | 139 | 11% |
| Emelyn | 79 | 6% |
| Emeline | 62 | 5% |
| Emalyn | 31 | 3% |
| Emilyn | 25 | 2% |
| Emaline | 28 | 2% |
| Emalynn | 21 | 2% |
| Emmelyn | 46 | 4% |
| Emilynn | 18 | 1% |
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 Emmeline is most popular
Babies named Emmeline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.6 per 1,000 (48 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- District of Columbia: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.4 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.3 per 1,000 (35 girls)
Emmeline by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1900s | 31 | #1,250 |
| 1910s | 91 | #1,882 |
| 1920s | 99 | #1,867 |
| 1930s | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1950s | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,859 |
| 1970s | 68 | #4,852 |
| 1980s | 174 | #3,247 |
| 1990s | 354 | #2,734 |
| 2000s | 694 | #1,742 |
| 2010s | 2,862 | #753 |
| 2020s | 1,729 | #864 |
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Questions
- Is Emmeline a boy or girl name?
- Emmeline is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emmeline were girls.
- How popular is the name Emmeline?
- 284 baby girls were named Emmeline in the US in 2025, making it the 922nd most popular girl name.
- When was Emmeline most popular?
- Emmeline peaked in 2017, when 370 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #753 in 2017.
- How many people are named Emmeline?
- 6,152 babies have been named Emmeline in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,871 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Emmeline most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emmeline was most common in Utah, at 0.6 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.