Emery

Unisex

Emery has been given to 64,249 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #74 for girls and #815 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin /ˈɛm(ə)ɹi/

From medieval Germanic personal names, either a variant of Amory, from Amalric, Proto-Germanic *amal (“vigor, bravery”) (compare *ammōną) + Old High German rīhhi (“ruler”), or of Henry, from Old High German Heimrich, from heim (“home”) + rīhhi (“ruler”).

Origin: Germanic languages

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

64,249

Peak year

2025 (3,513 babies)

Rank in 2025

#74 for girls · #815 for boys

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▲ +28%

Gender split

68% girls / 32% boys

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