girls' name ★ peaked 2024

Emy

Meaning Spelling variant of Emmy Gender Girl Rank 2025 #2,728 Trend ↑ Rising 44%

Spelling variant of Emmy.

Rank 2025
#2,728
among girls · ↓53 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
63
named Emy · -3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 25,512
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2024
65 babies
All-time total
1,497
#5,704 all-time among girls
First recorded
1916
in Social Security records

Emy popularity over time

1,497 babies have been named Emy 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
0.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2024Girls

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 5 1 – #4,638
1920s 26 3 +420% #3,741
1930s 12 1 -54% #3,682
1940s 36 4 +200% #3,206
1950s 16 2 -56% #5,657
1960s 53 5 +231% #4,509
1970s 97 10 +83% #3,997
1980s 115 12 +19% #4,795
1990s 131 13 +14% #4,623
2000s 304 30 +132% #3,264
2010s 370 37 +22% #3,243
2020s (to 2025) 332 55 +50% #2,675

Where Emy 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 68 0.04 outside top 500
2027 72 0.04 outside top 500
2028 76 0.05 outside top 500
2029 80 0.05 outside top 500
2030 83 0.05 outside top 500

Where Emy is most popular

Girls named Emy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.034 per 1,000. Strongest in Florida, Texas, and California.

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 Emy 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
Florida 24 0.056 +65%
Texas 36 0.045 +32%
California 34 0.040 +19%
Georgia 5 0.022 -35%
Illinois 5 0.022 -36%
Ohio 5 0.021 -38%
New York 6 0.015 -55%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Carolina – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Tennessee – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
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 Emy

Emy is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,728 in 2025 with 63 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1916, 1,497 American babies have been named Emy. Its peak came in 2024, when 65 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 Emy stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Emy?

The median living Emy is about 16 years old; half are between 6 and 30. An estimated 1,400 people named Emy are alive in the United States today.

median 16 020406080100

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

Emy year by year

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

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 63 #2,728
2024 65 #2,675
2023 53 #3,111
2022 55 #3,004
2021 39 #3,824
2020 57 #2,860
2019 30 #4,577
2018 43 #3,579
2017 38 #3,940
2016 45 #3,484
2015 37 #4,018
2014 50 #3,243
2013 29 #4,801
2012 41 #3,802
2011 34 #4,282
2010 23 #5,843
2009 51 #3,264
2008 35 #4,390
2007 39 #4,005
2006 26 #5,282
2005 32 #4,297
2004 33 #4,197
2003 27 #4,714
2002 24 #4,953
2001 15 #7,078
2000 22 #5,197
1995 13 #6,768
1990 8 #9,538
1985 11 #6,162
1980 15 #4,799
1975 16 #3,997
1970 – –
1965 5 #6,816
1960 9 #4,556
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 6 #4,005
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 – –
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Emy?

The median living Emy is about 16 years old. Half of all living Emys are between 6 and 30 years old.

How many people named Emy are alive today?

An estimated 1,400 people named Emy are alive in the United States, based on 1,497 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Emy mean?

Spelling variant of Emmy.

How popular is the name Emy in 2025?

Emy ranked #2,728 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 63 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Emy?

1,497 babies have been named Emy in the United States since 1916, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Emy most popular?

Emy peaked in 2024, when 65 newborns received the name.

Is Emy a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Emy rising or falling?

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

Will Emy become more popular?

Emy is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 83 girls named Emy in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Names like Emy

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