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.

Emeli

#5,595 most common girls' name of all time · #9,486 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1986–2025

Rank among girls
#5,595
Rank overall
#9,486 of 105,966
First appeared
1986
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
1,417
Since 2016
280
Peak year
2005 #2,070
Best rank
#2,070 2005
Girls Boys peak 91/yr
20002020

Emeli first appears in 1986. 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 32 32 #4,410
2024 39 39 #3,857
2023 30 30 #4,611
2022 21 21 #5,879
2021 29 29 #4,663
2020 24 24 #5,231
2019 29 29 #4,707
2018 30 30 #4,619
2017 20 20 #6,148
2016 26 26 #5,222
2015 24 24 #5,554
2014 38 38 #3,968
2013 65 65 #2,694
2012 58 58 #2,964
2011 69 69 #2,606
2010 64 64 #2,770
2009 68 68 #2,694
2008 76 76 #2,502
2007 79 79 #2,414
2006 74 74 #2,504
2005 91 91 #2,070
2004 64 64 #2,613
2003 65 65 #2,514
2002 54 54 #2,810
2001 34 34 #3,842
2000 46 46 #3,059
1999 37 37 #3,429
1998 24 24 #4,607
1997 25 25 #4,349
1996 18 18 #5,469
1995 20 20 #4,989
1994 8 8 #10,270
1993 7 7 #11,413
1991 5 5 #14,556
1990 8 8 #10,017
1989 5 5 #13,909
1988 5 5 #13,358
1986 6 6 #10,821