How Many People Are Named Emi?
people named Emi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 80,571 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,360 babies named Emi in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
303 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Emi in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emi alive today is about 15 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emi first appears in the records in 1916, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 303 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emi has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #882, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #882.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #882 |
| Best rank | #882 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,494 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emi were born in California than in any other state: about 1,115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emi was given 35.2 times as often in Hawaii, 3.3 times in California and 2.8 times in Washington.
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