How Many People Are Named Emory?
people named Emory are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 16,517 people in the US has this name
Based on 29,762 babies named Emory in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,212 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of EMERY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Emory in English. Counting Emory and these spellings together, about 75,794 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Emory, 51.3% were girls and 48.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Emory rose from 0% in the 1880s to 73.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emory alive today is about 21 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emory first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 1,212 babies. In 2025, 1,168 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emory has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #240, in 1881. In 2025 it ranked #883. Among girls, its best rank was #333, in 2024.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #883 | #339 |
| Best rank | #240 (1881) | #333 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #376 in the 1920s | #402 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emory alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emory were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,410 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emory was given 5.5 times as often in Georgia, 3 times in West Virginia and 2.6 times in Alabama.
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