Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Embry**

#6,652 most common girls' name of all time · #11,196 across all names · 35% male / 65% female · used 1898–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#6,652
Rank overall
#11,196 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
1,091
Since 2016
493
Peak year
2010 #4,114
Best rank
#2,651 2018
Girls Boys peak 75/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Embry first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 26 26 #4,998
2024 36 9 45 #4,042
2023 28 9 37 #4,757
2022 35 6 41 #4,121
2021 40 8 48 #3,741
2020 33 10 43 #4,174
2019 43 43 #3,564
2018 65 8 73 #2,651
2017 54 10 64 #3,016
2016 57 16 73 #2,936
2015 52 15 67 #3,182
2014 41 15 56 #3,727
2013 41 25 66 #3,712
2012 45 23 68 #3,531
2011 40 29 69 #3,789
2010 36 39 75 #4,114
2009 17 12 29 #7,362
2008 11 5 16 #10,123
2007 7 7
2006 7 7 #13,673
2005 10 10
2004 8 8
2003 5 7 12 #15,868
1962 5 5
1959 7 7
1943 6 6
1938 6 6
1936 7 7
1932 7 7
1928 5 5
1927 5 5
1926 7 7
1923 5 5
1922 7 7
1919 6 6
1917 5 5
1916 7 7
1915 7 7
1914 10 10
1898 6 6