Emily
Girl nameEmily has been given to 898,296 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1999 and currently ranks #34 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin
English form of Latin Aemilia, a gens name from aemulus (“rival, emulator”).
Origin: Latin
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
898,296
Peak year
1999 (26,587 babies)
Rank in 2025
#34 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -54%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Emily
Emily Dickinson
American poet (1830-1886)
Emily Brontë
English novelist and poet (1818–1848)
Emma Stone
American actress and producer
Emily Blunt
British actress (born 1983)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Emily.
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