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.

Emilyn

#5,331 most common girls' name of all time · #9,031 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1948–2025

Rank among girls
#5,331
Rank overall
#9,031 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
1,525
Since 2016
464
Peak year
2012 #2,020
Best rank
#2,020 2012
Girls Boys peak 96/yr
1960198020002020

Emilyn first appears in 1948. 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 25 25 #5,127
2024 36 36 #4,053
2023 25 25 #5,159
2022 31 31 #4,501
2021 37 37 #3,953
2020 43 43 #3,512
2019 54 54 #3,016
2018 72 72 #2,461
2017 66 66 #2,645
2016 75 75 #2,453
2015 70 70 #2,567
2014 74 74 #2,450
2013 75 75 #2,421
2012 96 96 #2,020
2011 90 90 #2,131
2010 74 74 #2,498
2009 73 73 #2,555
2008 48 48 #3,436
2007 40 40 #3,934
2006 37 37 #4,016
2005 37 37 #3,893
2004 31 31 #4,412
2003 33 33 #4,057
2002 31 31 #4,115
2001 21 21 #5,411
2000 20 20 #5,537
1999 14 14 #6,935
1998 23 23 #4,685
1997 18 18 #5,465
1996 17 17 #5,589
1995 13 13 #6,733
1994 15 15 #6,072
1993 6 6 #12,074
1992 8 8 #9,711
1991 5 5 #13,580
1990 11 11 #7,470
1988 9 9 #7,888
1987 10 10 #6,957
1986 6 6 #9,887
1985 10 10 #6,606
1984 14 14 #5,053
1983 12 12 #5,594
1982 7 7 #8,504
1977 8 8 #7,126
1948 5 5 #5,962