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.

Emmy

#1,392 most common girls' name of all time · #2,414 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1885–2025

Rank among girls
#1,392
Rank overall
#2,414 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
130 of 146
All-time
12,963
Since 2016
5,962
Peak year
2025 #445
Best rank
#445 2025
Girls Boys peak 695/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Emmy first appears in 1885. 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 695 695 #445
2024 692 692 #453
2023 600 600 #505
2022 623 623 #506
2021 571 571 #538
2020 585 585 #517
2019 640 640 #490
2018 580 580 #541
2017 496 496 #611
2016 480 480 #622
2015 467 467 #618
2014 433 433 #661
2013 436 436 #651
2012 387 387 #718
2011 350 350 #777
2010 272 272 #944
2009 295 295 #917
2008 283 283 #954
2007 283 283 #959
2006 198 198 #1,212
2005 194 194 #1,186
2004 156 156 #1,354
2003 139 139 #1,422
2002 117 117 #1,585
2001 99 99 #1,796
2000 82 82 #2,017
1999 76 76 #2,040
1998 65 65 #2,189
1997 51 51 #2,518
1996 57 57 #2,315
1995 50 50 #2,520
1994 41 41 #2,880
1993 61 61 #2,177
1992 54 54 #2,391
1991 50 50 #2,489
1990 39 39 #2,909
1989 42 42 #2,669
1988 50 50 #2,251
1987 46 46 #2,312
1986 29 29 #3,143
1985 42 42 #2,364
1984 40 40 #2,392
1983 47 47 #2,107
1982 59 59 #1,823
1981 82 82 #1,476
1980 91 91 #1,373
1979 58 58 #1,838
1978 57 57 #1,783
1977 67 67 #1,597
1976 51 51 #1,822
1975 36 36 #2,286
1974 33 33 #2,353
1973 21 21 #3,137
1972 21 21 #3,080
1971 26 26 #2,745
1970 21 21 #3,122
1969 12 12 #4,221
1968 14 14 #3,632
1967 15 15 #3,364
1966 14 14 #3,420
1965 10 10 #4,241
1964 17 17 #3,128
1963 19 19 #2,881
1962 19 19 #2,834
1961 18 18 #2,973
1960 20 20 #2,749
1959 23 23 #2,405
1958 21 21 #2,520
1957 21 21 #2,503
1956 16 16 #2,962
1955 29 29 #1,988
1954 26 26 #2,086
1953 33 33 #1,743
1952 17 17 #2,601
1951 19 19 #2,338
1950 19 19 #2,272
1949 15 15 #2,642
1948 21 21 #2,143
1947 24 24 #2,006
1946 22 22 #1,983
1945 11 11 #2,775
1944 17 17 #2,127
1943 25 25 #1,720
1942 21 21 #1,871
1941 22 22 #1,710
1940 19 19 #1,862
1939 17 17 #1,975
1938 21 21 #1,716
1937 13 13 #2,354
1936 16 16 #1,971
1935 14 14 #2,234
1934 24 24 #1,533
1933 16 16 #1,997
1932 21 21 #1,706
1931 28 28 #1,404
1930 26 26 #1,548
1929 34 34 #1,294
1928 29 29 #1,481
1927 41 41 #1,220
1926 31 31 #1,463
1925 40 40 #1,234
1924 28 28 #1,625
1923 34 34 #1,365
1922 27 27 #1,625
1921 26 26 #1,683
1920 22 22 #1,839
1919 25 25 #1,623
1918 19 19 #1,989
1917 24 24 #1,574
1916 18 18 #1,899
1915 14 14 #2,175
1914 19 19 #1,509
1913 17 17 #1,437
1912 5 5 #3,039
1911 10 10 #1,598
1910 9 9 #1,689
1909 6 6 #2,022
1907 7 7 #1,706
1904 10 10 #1,207
1903 8 8 #1,376
1901 6 6 #1,547
1900 7 7 #1,622
1899 8 8 #1,233
1898 10 10 #1,145
1897 5 5 #1,638
1896 7 7 #1,348
1894 8 8 #1,194
1892 5 5 #1,534
1887 5 5 #1,242
1885 8 8 #839