How Many People Are Named Emilee?
An estimated 23,141 people in the United States have the first name Emilee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Emilee peaked in popularity in 2004 with 1,025 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Emilee as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Emilee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
23,141
About 1 in 14,812 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
2004
1,025 births
Total Registered
23,916
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Emilee
Emilee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 23,916 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Emilee as a male name
Ranked #8,369 in 2004
8 male births in 2004
Peak: 2004 (8 births)
Emilee as a female name
Ranked #1,694 in 2024
120 female births in 2024
Peak: 2003 (1,019 births)
Emilee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Emilee span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 8,823 babies were registered. Emilee has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Emilee by Decade
How has Emilee tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Emilee by State
Birth registrations for Emilee span all 46 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Ohio. The lowest are in Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota. On average, about 467 Emilees were registered per state.
Emilee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Emilee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Emilee
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
Emilee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emilee?
We estimate approximately 23,141 people named Emilee are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 14,812 Americans share this first name.
Is Emilee a common name?
Emilee is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 23,916 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Emilee most popular?
Emilee reached peak popularity in 2004, when 1,025 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Emilee is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Emilee a female name?
Emilee is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Emilee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Emilee Smith, Emilee Johnson, Emilee Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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