How Many People Are Named Emily?
people named Emily are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 419 people in the US has this name
Based on 898,296 babies named Emily in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ββ Common
Peak Year
26,587 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
English feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL). In the English-speaking world it was not common until after the German House of Hanover came to the British throne in the 18th century; the princess Amelia Sophia (1711-1786) was commonly known as Emily in English, even though Amelia is an unrelated name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Emily in English. Counting Emily and these spellings together, about 861,713 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Emily (99.8%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Emily alive today is about 28 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 36 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Emily first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1999, to 26,587 babies. In 2025, 5,461 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Emily was the #1 girls' name in the US in 1996 to 2007. It was in the top 10 for 26 years, 1991 to 2016. In 2025 it ranked #34.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #34 |
| Best rank | #1 (1996 to 2007) |
| Years at #1 | 12 |
| Years in the top 10 | 26 |
| Years in the top 100 | 81 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3 in the 1990s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Emily alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emily were born in California than in any other state: about 95,472 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emily was given 1.8 times as often in Vermont, 1.6 times in New Hampshire and 1.5 times in Maine.
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