How Many People Are Named Emmalee?
An estimated 8,606 people in the United States have the first name Emmalee. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Emmalee peaked in popularity in 2005 with 441 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Emmalee 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 Emmalee paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
8,606
About 1 in 39,827 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
2005
441 births
Total Registered
8,958
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Emmalee
Emmalee is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 8,958 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Emmalee as a female name
Ranked #2,773 in 2024
61 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (441 births)
Emmalee: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Emmalee span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 3,596 babies were registered. Emmalee has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Emmalee by Decade
How has Emmalee 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.
Emmalee by State
Birth registrations for Emmalee span all 39 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Florida. The lowest are in Maine, New Mexico, Maryland. On average, about 167 Emmalees were registered per state.
Emmalee + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Emmalee as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Emmalee: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emmalee?
We estimate approximately 8,606 people named Emmalee 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 39,827 Americans share this first name.
Is Emmalee a common name?
Emmalee is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 8,958 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Emmalee most popular?
Emmalee reached peak popularity in 2005, when 441 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Emmalee is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Emmalee a female name?
Emmalee is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Emmalee Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Emmalee Smith, Emmalee Johnson, Emmalee 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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