girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Emi

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #882 Trend ↑ Rising 65%
Rank 2025
#882
among girls · ↑114 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
303
named Emi · +17% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,305
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
303 babies
All-time total
4,360
#2,818 all-time among girls
First recorded
1916
in Social Security records

Emi popularity over time

4,360 babies have been named Emi since 1916, 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
0.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

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 Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 16 2 – #4,074
1920s 37 4 +131% #3,464
1930s 10 1 -73% #4,412
1940s 10 1 0% #4,542
1950s 19 2 +90% #4,630
1960s 48 5 +153% #4,286
1970s 141 14 +194% #3,093
1980s 257 26 +82% #2,448
1990s 279 28 +9% #3,060
2000s 706 71 +153% #1,923
2010s 1,523 152 +116% #1,223
2020s (to 2025) 1,314 219 +44% #882

Where Emi 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 330 0.21 outside top 500
2027 354 0.22 outside top 500
2028 377 0.23 outside top 500
2029 397 0.25 outside top 500
2030 415 0.26 outside top 500

Where Emi is most popular

Girls named Emi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.142 per 1,000. Strongest in Hawaii, California, and Washington.

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 Emi 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
Hawaii 48 4.19 +2846%
California 331 0.394 +177%
Washington 48 0.332 +134%
Arizona 29 0.207 +45%
Nevada 7 0.151 +6%
Texas 116 0.144 ≈ national
Utah 12 0.144 ≈ national
New Jersey 26 0.144 ≈ national
Virginia 24 0.141 ≈ national
Colorado 15 0.134 -5%
New York 53 0.134 -6%
Florida 56 0.131 -8%
Illinois 28 0.122 -14%
North Carolina 22 0.097 -32%
Massachusetts 11 0.091 -36%
Georgia 17 0.075 -47%
Minnesota 5 0.046 -67%
Tennessee 6 0.038 -73%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

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 Emi

Emi is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #882 in 2025 with 303 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1916, 4,360 American babies have been named Emi. Its peak came in 2025, when 303 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 Emi stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Emi?

The median living Emi is about 11 years old; half are between 4 and 20. An estimated 4,300 people named Emi are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

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

Emi year by year

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

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 303 #882
2024 260 #996
2023 213 #1,138
2022 202 #1,192
2021 175 #1,295
2020 161 #1,358
2019 166 #1,361
2018 158 #1,417
2017 120 #1,756
2016 174 #1,360
2015 168 #1,397
2014 200 #1,223
2013 135 #1,589
2012 156 #1,461
2011 135 #1,606
2010 111 #1,833
2009 109 #1,923
2008 73 #2,561
2007 91 #2,186
2006 71 #2,565
2005 63 #2,681
2004 59 #2,757
2003 86 #2,069
2002 45 #3,165
2001 53 #2,779
2000 56 #2,641
1995 20 #4,898
1990 19 #4,922
1985 19 #4,178
1980 39 #2,448
1975 15 #4,208
1970 8 #5,969
1965 10 #4,286
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 5 #5,535
1945 – –
1940 5 #4,542
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 9 #3,464
1920 5 #5,211
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Emi

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Emi Shinohara Emi Shinohara Japanese voice actress (1963–2024) Contemporary
  2. 2 Emi Nakajima Emi Nakajima Japanese footballer (born 1990) Contemporary
  3. 3 Emi Buendía Emi Buendía Argentine footballer (born 1996) Contemporary
  4. 4 Emi Yamamoto Japanese footballer (born 1982) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Emi?

The median living Emi is about 11 years old. Half of all living Emis are between 4 and 20 years old.

How many people named Emi are alive today?

An estimated 4,300 people named Emi are alive in the United States, based on 4,360 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Emi in 2025?

Emi ranked #882 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 303 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Emi?

4,360 babies have been named Emi in the United States since 1916, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Emi most popular?

Emi peaked in 2025, when 303 newborns received the name.

Is Emi a boy or girl name?

Emi is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Emi rising or falling?

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

Will Emi become more popular?

Emi is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 415 girls named Emi in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Emi?

Well-known people named Emi include Emi Shinohara (actor), Emi Nakajima (soccer player), Emi Buendía (soccer player).

Names like Emi

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