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.

Emily

#18 most common girls' name of all time · #52 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#18
Rank overall
#52 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
898,296
Since 2016
75,499
Peak year
1999 #1
Best rank
#1 1996
Girls Boys peak 26,587/yr
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Emily 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 5,451 10 5,461 #34
2024 5,984 10 5,994 #25
2023 6,177 9 6,186 #19
2022 6,498 6,498 #17
2021 6,594 6 6,600 #21
2020 6,918 11 6,929 #18
2019 8,259 8 8,267 #12
2018 8,718 11 8,729 #12
2017 9,817 5 9,822 #12
2016 11,006 7 11,013 #9
2015 11,808 17 11,825 #8
2014 12,670 11 12,681 #7
2013 13,144 20 13,164 #7
2012 13,666 21 13,687 #6
2011 14,277 11 14,288 #6
2010 14,281 20 14,301 #6
2009 15,366 19 15,385 #6
2008 17,448 26 17,474 #3
2007 19,367 27 19,394 #1
2006 21,412 31 21,443 #1
2005 23,952 33 23,985 #1
2004 25,042 120 25,162 #1
2003 25,693 41 25,734 #1
2002 24,470 34 24,504 #1
2001 25,059 32 25,091 #1
2000 25,959 30 25,989 #1
1999 26,542 45 26,587 #1
1998 26,188 38 26,226 #1
1997 25,734 35 25,769 #1
1996 25,150 34 25,184 #1
1995 24,382 40 24,422 #3
1994 24,154 31 24,185 #3
1993 23,596 43 23,639 #5
1992 21,835 31 21,866 #7
1991 20,311 34 20,345 #10
1990 19,370 53 19,423 #12
1989 17,323 82 17,405 #13
1988 15,869 57 15,926 #18
1987 14,710 51 14,761 #19
1986 13,236 57 13,293 #24
1985 13,144 47 13,191 #24
1984 12,786 53 12,839 #24
1983 12,377 44 12,421 #25
1982 12,519 55 12,574 #24
1981 10,799 48 10,847 #29
1980 9,001 33 9,034 #31
1979 7,971 27 7,998 #34
1978 7,473 21 7,494 #33
1977 6,879 17 6,896 #37
1976 5,547 20 5,567 #50
1975 5,482 16 5,498 #48
1974 4,329 18 4,347 #69
1973 3,027 13 3,040 #99
1972 2,334 10 2,344 #132
1971 1,866 1,866 #166
1970 1,931 6 1,937 #173
1969 1,575 1,575 #198
1968 1,326 1,326 #225
1967 1,204 5 1,209 #239
1966 1,249 1,249 #237
1965 1,288 1,288 #238
1964 1,131 1,131 #268
1963 1,108 1,108 #269
1962 1,079 1,079 #273
1961 1,147 1,147 #265
1960 1,225 1,225 #251
1959 1,213 1,213 #251
1958 1,171 1,171 #254
1957 1,207 1,207 #246
1956 1,282 7 1,289 #230
1955 1,304 1,304 #223
1954 1,342 1,342 #218
1953 1,325 1,325 #220
1952 1,392 1,392 #207
1951 1,287 1,287 #212
1950 1,316 7 1,323 #203
1949 1,392 1,392 #196
1948 1,391 1,391 #194
1947 1,470 1,470 #187
1946 1,379 5 1,384 #186
1945 1,134 7 1,141 #181
1944 1,251 1,251 #170
1943 1,336 1,336 #175
1942 1,419 7 1,426 #164
1941 1,368 9 1,377 #162
1940 1,269 5 1,274 #164
1939 1,292 8 1,300 #164
1938 1,308 7 1,315 #164
1937 1,293 5 1,298 #161
1936 1,123 7 1,130 #171
1935 1,094 1,094 #173
1934 1,067 1,067 #176
1933 1,062 1,062 #171
1932 1,147 8 1,155 #168
1931 1,186 8 1,194 #159
1930 1,344 10 1,354 #154
1929 1,444 6 1,450 #151
1928 1,559 1,559 #150
1927 1,656 11 1,667 #146
1926 1,729 6 1,735 #142
1925 1,767 5 1,772 #145
1924 2,044 7 2,051 #136
1923 2,057 5 2,062 #128
1922 2,146 2,146 #121
1921 2,184 6 2,190 #121
1920 2,168 7 2,175 #119
1919 2,307 6 2,313 #105
1918 2,361 2,361 #105
1917 2,220 2,220 #103
1916 2,213 5 2,218 #100
1915 2,091 2,091 #99
1914 1,650 1,650 #98
1913 1,386 1,386 #99
1912 1,147 6 1,153 #105
1911 909 909 #103
1910 785 785 #110
1909 749 749 #104
1908 732 732 #103
1907 714 714 #100
1906 619 619 #105
1905 683 683 #100
1904 599 599 #103
1903 558 558 #101
1902 606 606 #97
1901 537 537 #99
1900 626 626 #105
1899 569 569 #96
1898 628 628 #94
1897 619 619 #88
1896 527 5 532 #98
1895 605 605 #89
1894 551 551 #93
1893 506 506 #95
1892 518 518 #94
1891 444 444 #96
1890 509 509 #87
1889 429 429 #93
1888 457 457 #90
1887 335 335 #99
1886 369 369 #93
1885 346 346 #87
1884 364 364 #81
1883 342 342 #81
1882 272 272 #95
1881 244 244 #90
1880 210 210 #100