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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |