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.

Emrys**

#3,525 most common boys' name of all time · #8,601 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1997–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,525
Rank overall
#8,601 of 105,966
First appeared
1997
Years on the list
21 of 146
All-time
1,651
Since 2016
1,335
Peak year
2024 #1,143
Best rank
#1,143 2024
Girls Boys peak 226/yr
20002020

Emrys first appears in 1997. 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 31 157 188 #1,262
2024 41 185 226 #1,143
2023 30 107 137 #1,631
2022 35 85 120 #1,873
2021 40 123 163 #1,468
2020 26 84 110 #1,797
2019 17 102 119 #1,623
2018 18 79 97 #1,898
2017 20 68 88 #2,062
2016 20 67 87 #2,104
2015 21 53 74 #2,427
2014 13 58 71 #2,294
2013 16 60 76 #2,204
2012 6 39 45 #2,998
2011 7 7 #10,311
2010 7 9 16 #8,581
2009 7 7 #10,548
2008 5 5 #13,619
2006 5 5 #13,147
2005 5 5 #12,590
1997 5 5 #10,587