Emeline
#2,751 for girls in 2025, 62 births
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 21 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,612since 1880
Emeline over time
Rank among girls' names. Emeline has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,751 | 62 |
| 2024 | #2,362 | 77 |
| 2023 | #2,891 | 58 |
| 2022 | #2,639 | 66 |
| 2021 | #2,440 | 73 |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 |
| 2019 | #2,651 | 65 |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 |
| 2017 | #2,087 | 93 |
| 2016 | #1,929 | 104 |
| 2015 | #2,209 | 85 |
| 2014 | #2,267 | 82 |
| 2013 | #2,052 | 94 |
| 2012 | #2,115 | 90 |
| 2011 | #2,258 | 83 |
| 2010 | #2,451 | 76 |
| 2009 | #3,000 | 57 |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 |
| 2007 | #3,125 | 55 |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 |
| 2003 | #2,439 | 67 |
| 2002 | #2,888 | 51 |
| 2001 | #3,549 | 37 |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #3,497 | 34 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,815 | 20 |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,883 | 21 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,222 | 40 |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 |
| 1917 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1916 | #1,026 | 45 |
| 1915 | #1,040 | 41 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,067 | 26 |
| 1912 | #938 | 29 |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #840 | 20 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 |
| 1901 | #961 | 12 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #791 | 17 |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 |
| 1891 | #572 | 21 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 |
| 1888 | #663 | 15 |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 |
| 1884 | #479 | 18 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #507 | 13 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emeline was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1947, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Emeline is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#537 · 1 in 12,446
Best ever in a state: #324 in Wisconsin, 1915.
Show every state
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| Pennsylvania | #537 | 8 | 1 in 12,446 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Emeline
- 389 spots since 2024 (#2,362 → #2,751)
- 202 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #2,751)
- 542 spots since 2015 (#2,209 → #2,751)
- Biggest jump: 438 spots in 1904 (#1,318 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 446 spots in 1903 (#872 → #1,318)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1886 at #476 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1880–1893
- Highest: 1 in 6,883 girls born in 1886 were named Emeline (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,924 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all girls named Emeline (875) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 132 | #476 (1886) | #601 |
| 1890s | 160 | #572 (1891) | #779 |
| 1900s | 161 | #780 (1900) | #952 |
| 1910s | 353 | #838 (1911) | #1,024 |
| 1920s | 257 | #1,222 (1921) | #1,740 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,815 (1930) | #2,533 |
| 1940s | 71 | #2,668 (1941) | #3,699 |
| 1950s | 75 | #3,571 (1955) | #4,685 |
| 1960s | 69 | #3,782 (1962) | #4,935 |
| 1970s | 72 | #4,370 (1975) | #6,653 |
| 1980s | 96 | #5,312 (1987) | #7,081 |
| 1990s | 252 | #3,224 (1997) | #4,523 |
| 2000s | 511 | #2,439 (2003) | #3,096 |
| 2010s | 875 | #1,925 (2018) | #2,194 |
| 2020s | 403 | #2,362 (2024) | #2,605 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Emeline in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 21,438 of them was named Emeline, which outranked 82.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #969Margueritte55
- #969Merna55
- #969Noreen55
- #977Emeline54
- #977Audry54
- #977Ivory54
- #977Jeraldine54
- #989Alba53
- #989Alida53
- #989Delta53
Tied with 11 names at #977; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.