How Many People Are Named Emmily?
An estimated 939 people in the United States have the first name Emmily. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 23 years old, and Emmily peaked in popularity in 2008 with 42 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Emmily 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 Emmily paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
939
About 1 in 365,021 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
23
years old
Peak Year
2008
42 births
Total Registered
961
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Emmily
Emmily is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 961 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Emmily as a female name
Ranked #6,440 in 2024
18 female births in 2024
Peak: 2008 (42 births)
Emmily: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Emmily span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 348 babies were registered. Emmily has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Emmily by Decade
How has Emmily 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.
Emmily by State
Emmily + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Emmily as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Emmily: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emmily?
We estimate approximately 939 people named Emmily 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 365,021 Americans share this first name.
Is Emmily a common name?
Emmily is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 961 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Emmily most popular?
Emmily reached peak popularity in 2008, when 42 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Emmily is approximately 23 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Emmily a female name?
Emmily is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Emmily Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Emmily Smith, Emmily Johnson, Emmily 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 0 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau estimate. Full methodology.
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