Unisex name ★ peaked 2025

Emery

Meaning A surname transferred from the given name Gender Unisex · 68% girls Rank 2025 #74 Trend → Stable

A surname transferred from the given name.

Rank 2025
#74
among girls · ↓4 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,513
named Emery
How common
1 in 501
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
3,513 babies
All-time total
64,249
#652 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Emery popularity over time

64,249 babies have been named Emery since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
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GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – 449 449 45 – –
1890s – 419 419 42 -7% –
1900s 5 398 403 40 -4% #2,041
1910s 11 2,047 2,058 206 +411% #4,447
1920s 46 2,495 2,541 254 +23% #4,093
1930s 12 1,657 1,669 167 -34% #3,903
1940s 10 1,363 1,373 137 -18% #4,844
1950s 14 1,275 1,289 129 -6% #4,320
1960s 12 1,095 1,107 111 -14% #5,327
1970s 55 735 790 79 -29% #4,533
1980s 172 772 944 94 +19% #3,706
1990s 571 789 1,360 136 +44% #1,551
2000s 3,550 1,665 5,215 522 +283% #337
2010s 20,971 3,282 24,253 2,425 +365% #93
2020s (to 2025) 18,408 1,971 20,379 3,397 +40% #70

Where Emery is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 3,257 2.03 #74
2027 3,299 2.05 #74
2028 3,335 2.08 #74
2029 3,366 2.09 #70
2030 3,393 2.11 #70

Where Emery is most popular

Girls named Emery per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.90 per 1,000. Strongest in Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Emery born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Montana 92 6.80 +257%
South Dakota 94 6.58 +246%
Wyoming 27 6.33 +233%
North Dakota 67 5.10 +168%
Mississippi 203 4.34 +128%
Idaho 143 4.27 +125%
Utah 355 4.27 +124%
West Virginia 100 3.82 +101%
Arkansas 201 3.80 +100%
Kansas 217 3.76 +98%
Nebraska 133 3.70 +95%
Louisiana 321 3.67 +93%
Kentucky 310 3.62 +91%
Alaska 30 3.48 +83%
Delaware 39 3.44 +81%
Oklahoma 242 3.29 +73%
Iowa 190 3.25 +71%
Missouri 389 3.23 +70%
Alabama 296 3.15 +66%
Indiana 434 3.09 +63%
New Mexico 72 2.96 +56%
South Carolina 264 2.94 +54%
New Hampshire 53 2.87 +51%
Colorado 317 2.84 +49%
Tennessee 449 2.83 +49%
North Carolina 631 2.77 +46%
Ohio 638 2.69 +41%
Oregon 171 2.63 +38%
Minnesota 275 2.55 +34%
Wisconsin 262 2.54 +34%
Washington 364 2.52 +33%
Arizona 352 2.51 +32%
Nevada 115 2.48 +30%
Texas 1,955 2.43 +28%
Michigan 442 2.43 +28%
Hawaii 27 2.36 +24%
California 1,675 1.99 +5%
Maine 30 1.94 ≈ national
Pennsylvania 447 1.89 ≈ national
Virginia 321 1.88 ≈ national
Illinois 413 1.80 -5%
Connecticut 100 1.72 -10%
Georgia 389 1.71 -10%
Florida 701 1.64 -14%
Vermont 7 1.44 -24%
Maryland 153 1.44 -24%
Massachusetts 167 1.38 -27%
District of Columbia 16 1.35 -29%
New York 475 1.20 -37%
New Jersey 202 1.12 -41%
Rhode Island – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Emery

Emery is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #74 in 2025 with 3,208 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 64,249 American babies have been named Emery, about 68% girls and 32% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2025, when 3,513 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Emery stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Emery?

The median living Emery is about 8 years old; half are between 4 and 13. An estimated 55 thousand people named Emery are alive in the United States today.

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Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Emery year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 3,208 #74 305 #815
2024 3,207 #70 305 #820
2023 3,115 #70 349 #749
2022 2,973 #82 357 #727
2021 2,921 #90 325 #771
2020 2,984 #89 330 #739
2019 3,018 #93 328 #735
2018 3,009 #94 300 #774
2017 2,698 #115 304 #771
2016 2,420 #130 341 #718
2015 2,424 #134 324 #748
2014 2,046 #162 367 #687
2013 1,675 #195 318 #734
2012 1,485 #211 367 #649
2011 1,172 #271 322 #712
2010 1,024 #313 311 #737
2009 976 #337 293 #777
2008 680 #467 303 #745
2007 520 #578 204 #967
2006 352 #781 181 #1,016
2005 318 #813 169 #1,005
2004 207 #1,104 122 #1,238
2003 155 #1,326 124 #1,193
2002 133 #1,435 97 #1,361
2001 106 #1,706 88 #1,418
2000 103 #1,710 84 #1,470
1995 47 #2,636 80 #1,317
1990 29 #3,647 74 #1,290
1985 19 #4,177 76 #1,059
1980 8 #7,612 65 #1,127
1975 6 #8,292 76 #941
1970 – – 69 #970
1965 – – 107 #717
1960 7 #5,327 144 #650
1955 – – 130 #648
1950 – – 128 #604
1945 – – 121 #544
1940 – – 144 #481
1935 – – 181 #408
1930 – – 194 #424
1925 5 #5,212 249 #378
1920 5 #5,210 283 #351
1915 – – 274 #308
1910 – – 55 #333
1905 – – 45 #301
1900 – – 42 #330
1895 – – 37 #297
1890 – – 34 #296
1885 – – 41 #259
1880 – – 52 #227

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Emery, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Emery?

The median living Emery is about 8 years old. Half of all living Emerys are between 4 and 13 years old.

How many people named Emery are alive today?

An estimated 55 thousand people named Emery are alive in the United States, based on 64,249 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Emery mean?

A surname transferred from the given name.

How popular is the name Emery in 2025?

Emery ranked #74 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 3,208 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Emery?

64,249 babies have been named Emery in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Emery most popular?

Emery peaked in 2025, when 3,513 newborns received the name.

Is Emery a boy or girl name?

Emery is used for both: about 68% of babies named Emery have been girls and 32% boys.

Is the name Emery rising or falling?

Emery is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Emery become more popular?

Emery looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 3,393 girls named Emery in 2030, ranking around #70. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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