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.

Emery**

#516 most common girls' name of all time · #948 across all names · 32% male / 68% female · used 1880–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#516
Rank overall
#948 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
64,249
Since 2016
32,797
Peak year
2025 #74
Best rank
#70 2023
Girls Boys peak 3,513/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Emery is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 3,208 305 3,513 #74
2024 3,207 305 3,512 #70
2023 3,115 349 3,464 #70
2022 2,973 357 3,330 #82
2021 2,921 325 3,246 #90
2020 2,984 330 3,314 #89
2019 3,018 328 3,346 #93
2018 3,009 300 3,309 #94
2017 2,698 304 3,002 #115
2016 2,420 341 2,761 #130
2015 2,424 324 2,748 #134
2014 2,046 367 2,413 #162
2013 1,675 318 1,993 #195
2012 1,485 367 1,852 #211
2011 1,172 322 1,494 #271
2010 1,024 311 1,335 #313
2009 976 293 1,269 #337
2008 680 303 983 #467
2007 520 204 724 #579
2006 352 181 533 #781
2005 318 169 487 #812
2004 207 122 329 #1,102
2003 155 124 279 #1,326
2002 133 97 230 #1,433
2001 106 88 194 #1,700
2000 103 84 187 #1,706
1999 109 79 188 #1,550
1998 91 80 171 #1,736
1997 71 80 151 #2,002
1996 75 69 144 #1,916
1995 47 80 127 #2,626
1994 39 87 126 #2,992
1993 39 74 113 #2,992
1992 45 90 135 #2,690
1991 26 76 102 #3,941
1990 29 74 103 #3,630
1989 27 81 108 #3,681
1988 18 82 100 #4,659
1987 20 86 106 #4,129
1986 21 78 99 #3,894
1985 19 76 95 #4,133
1984 17 68 85 #4,328
1983 19 72 91 #3,965
1982 12 82 94 #5,551
1981 11 82 93 #5,897
1980 8 65 73 #7,439
1979 11 91 102 #5,766
1978 11 64 75 #5,576
1977 9 72 81 #6,357
1976 — 73 73 —
1975 6 76 82 #8,012
1974 13 59 72 #4,473
1973 — 81 81 —
1972 5 72 77 #8,330
1971 — 78 78 —
1970 — 69 69 —
1969 — 91 91 —
1968 — 90 90 —
1967 — 70 70 —
1966 — 81 81 —
1965 — 107 107 —
1964 — 125 125 —
1963 — 121 121 —
1962 5 145 150 #6,608
1961 — 121 121 —
1960 7 144 151 #5,185
1959 5 107 112 #6,274
1958 — 99 99 —
1957 9 127 136 #4,229
1956 — 147 147 —
1955 — 130 130 —
1954 — 130 130 —
1953 — 122 122 —
1952 — 139 139 —
1951 — 146 146 —
1950 — 128 128 —
1949 5 138 143 #5,265
1948 — 141 141 —
1947 — 144 144 —
1946 — 121 121 —
1945 — 121 121 —
1944 — 111 111 —
1943 — 131 131 —
1942 5 161 166 #4,651
1941 — 151 151 —
1940 — 144 144 —
1939 6 162 168 #3,800
1938 6 157 163 #3,870
1937 — 141 141 —
1936 — 143 143 —
1935 — 181 181 —
1934 — 178 178 —
1933 — 161 161 —
1932 — 163 163 —
1931 — 177 177 —
1930 — 194 194 —
1929 6 208 214 #4,069
1928 5 228 233 #4,746
1927 6 220 226 #4,297
1926 6 223 229 #4,323
1925 5 249 254 #4,988
1924 — 268 268 —
1923 7 248 255 #3,979
1922 6 276 282 #4,462
1921 — 292 292 —
1920 5 283 288 #4,993
1919 — 304 304 —
1918 6 272 278 #4,305
1917 5 287 292 #4,612
1916 — 266 266 —
1915 — 274 274 —
1914 — 211 211 —
1913 — 171 171 —
1912 — 137 137 —
1911 — 70 70 —
1910 — 55 55 —
1909 — 47 47 —
1908 — 48 48 —
1907 — 43 43 —
1906 5 34 39 #1,976
1905 — 45 45 —
1904 — 30 30 —
1903 — 35 35 —
1902 — 39 39 —
1901 — 35 35 —
1900 — 42 42 —
1899 — 38 38 —
1898 — 48 48 —
1897 — 45 45 —
1896 — 41 41 —
1895 — 37 37 —
1894 — 40 40 —
1893 — 51 51 —
1892 — 48 48 —
1891 — 37 37 —
1890 — 34 34 —
1889 — 42 42 —
1888 — 37 37 —
1887 — 33 33 —
1886 — 44 44 —
1885 — 41 41 —
1884 — 51 51 —
1883 — 43 43 —
1882 — 53 53 —
1881 — 53 53 —
1880 — 52 52 —