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Emily

Girls' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~818,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#34 among girls
Births in 2025
5,461 898,296 since 1880
Typical age
27 years, median

Emily popularity over time

Emily rank by birth year, 1880–2025Emily ranked #100 in 1880 and #34 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1, in 1996.#1#10#100#34best #1 in 199618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1999 is the peak year for Emily, with 26,587 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 81 years put Emily in the top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #34, with 5,461 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 54%.

Babies named Emily per yearPeaks at 26,587 births in 1999.26,587 in 1999018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Emily?

Roughly 818,200 Emilys are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 898,296 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Emily?

Half of living Emilys are older than 27, half younger. More of them were born in the 1990s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Emily a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Emily

Ages of living people named EmilyHalf of living Emilys are older than 27 and half younger.median 27020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Emily is most common

Delaware uses the name 1.8× as often as the country as a whole. Wyoming, Nevada and California follow.

Where Emily is used more than average5 states use the name Emily more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: 1.6× the national rateNVWyoming: 1.8× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: 1.6× the national rateRICalifornia: 1.6× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 1.8× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Emily is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Delaware 221 1.8×
Wyoming 89 1.8×
Nevada 793 1.6×
California 13,180 1.6×
Rhode Island 211 1.6×

Emily in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Emily ranked #44 in 2025 on 956 births. That is 50% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Emily comes from

English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Emily

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Emily Dickinson American poet 1830–1886 147
Emily Brontë English novelist and poet 1818–1848 131
Emily Blunt British actress 1983 95
Emily Greene Balch American economist and writer 1867–1961 81
Emily Watson English actress 1967 57
Emily Osment American actress and singer 1992 54
Emily Deschanel American actress, television producer, and film producer 1976 54
Emily Ratajkowski American model and actress 1991 54
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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