How Many People Are Named Emmeline?
people named Emmeline are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 58,335 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,152 babies named Emmeline in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
370 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an Old French form of the Germanic name Amelina, originally a diminutive of Germanic names beginning with the element amal meaning "work". The Normans introduced this name to England.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Emmeline in English. Counting Emmeline and these spellings together, about 12,160 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Emmeline in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emmeline alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emmeline first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 2017, to 370 babies. In 2025, 284 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emmeline has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #753, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #922.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #922 |
| Best rank | #753 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #946 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emmeline alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emmeline were born in California than in any other state: about 731 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emmeline was given 4 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in Massachusetts and 1.8 times in Washington.
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