Emery

#74 for girls in 2025, 3,208 births · #814 for boys in 2025, 305 births
Given to girls 68.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 3,207 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,837
since 1906

Emery over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #208, 1881girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#743,208#814305
2024#703,207#819305
2023#703,115#747349
2022#822,973#727357
2021#902,921#770325
2020#892,984#739330
2019#933,018#735328
2018#943,009#772300
2017#1152,698#771304
2016#1302,420#717341
2015#1342,424#745324
2014#1622,046#686367
2013#1951,675#733318
2012#2111,485#649367
2011#2711,172#710322
2010#3131,024#735311
2009#337976#777293
2008#467680#745303
2007#578520#967204
2006#781352#1,016181
2005#812318#1,005169
2004#1,102207#1,235122
2003#1,325155#1,190124
2002#1,432133#1,35797
2001#1,700106#1,41588
2000#1,705103#1,46684
1999#1,548109#1,45779
1998#1,73491#1,41880
1997#2,00271#1,37880
1996#1,91575#1,46569
1995#2,62347#1,31280
1994#2,98839#1,24487
1993#2,99039#1,32174
1992#2,68745#1,16290
1991#3,93626#1,28276
1990#3,62329#1,28774
1989#3,67327#1,18481
1988#4,65318#1,09982
1987#4,12220#1,02386
1986#3,89021#1,05478
1985#4,12619#1,05776
1984#4,31817#1,08468
1983#3,94919#1,04072
1982#5,53412#99582
1981#5,88511#1,00282
1980#7,4188#1,12565
1979#5,75111#91791
1978#5,56311#1,08764
1977#6,3409#1,01272
1976#97373
1975#7,9846#93876
1974#4,45913#1,07359
1973#88581
1972#8,2925#95272
1971#92078
1970#96869
1969#80991
1968#77990
1967#85670
1966#80981
1965#717107
1964#689125
1963#704121
1962#6,5785#643145
1961#694121
1960#5,1687#649144
1959#6,2455#738107
1958#74099
1957#4,2029#678127
1956#626147
1955#648130
1954#643130
1953#644122
1952#594139
1951#566146
1950#604128
1949#5,2445#574138
1948#562141
1947#564144
1946#581121
1945#544121
1944#581111
1943#545131
1942#4,6225#482161
1941#478151
1940#480144
1939#3,7826#451162
1938#3,8476#460157
1937#478141
1936#471143
1935#407181
1934#418178
1933#435161
1932#442163
1931#425177
1930#424194
1929#4,0536#404208
1928#4,7255#393228
1927#4,2866#405220
1926#4,3066#396223
1925#4,9735#378249
1924#367268
1923#3,9717#378248
1922#4,4456#355276
1921#345292
1920#4,9755#351283
1919#319304
1918#4,2916#351272
1917#4,5945#317287
1916#323266
1915#308274
1914#311211
1913#305171
1912#314137
1911#32370
1910#33255
1909#33947
1908#31648
1907#32443
1906#1,9515#35534
1905#29945
1904#36830
1903#31835
1902#30839
1901#29435
1900#33042
1899#28138
1898#25548
1897#26245
1896#28841
1895#29537
1894#27840
1893#24151
1892#25748
1891#26537
1890#29434
1889#25142
1888#28937
1887#28933
1886#25644
1885#25841
1884#23551
1883#24543
1882#22553
1881#20853
1880#22552
First appearance
1906

The first year at least five girls were named Emery! It came in at #1,951, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1906–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Emery
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#70#74)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#89#74)
  • 60 spots since 2015 (#134#74)
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 2005 (#1,102#812)
  • Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2025 (#70#74)
Rise & fade · girls
118 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1906
  • Peaked 2024 at #70 (3,207 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 501
  • Highest: 1 in 501 girls born in 2025 were named Emery (0.20%)
  • Its best rank, #70 in 2024, was only 1 in 505 (0.20%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 47.8% of all girls named Emery (20,971) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
  • Mostly boys until 1997, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s5#1,951 (1906)#1,951
1910s11#4,291 (1918)#4,443
1920s46#3,971 (1923)#4,467
1930s12#3,782 (1939)#3,815
1940s10#4,622 (1942)#4,933
1950s14#4,202 (1957)#5,224
1960s12#5,168 (1960)#5,873
1970s55#4,459 (1974)#6,398
1980s172#3,673 (1989)#4,757
1990s571#1,548 (1999)#2,605
2000s3,550#337 (2009)#1,024
2010s20,971#93 (2019)#172
2020s18,408#70 (2024)#79

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.

Emery in 1923

girls
#3,971
7 births · 1 in 172,338 girls
boys
#378
248 births · 1 in 4,420 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #3,971Emery7

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #378Emery248
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 172,338 of them was named Emery, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emery
  1. #3,641Zara8
  2. #3,641Zoila8
  3. #3,641Zulema8
  4. #3,971Emery7
  5. #3,971Adam7
  6. #3,971Adelaine7
  7. #3,971Adgie7
  8. #4,376Aberdeen6
  9. #4,376Acie6
  10. #4,376Adalyn6

Tied with 404 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 4,420 of them was named Emery, which outranked 92.3% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emery
  1. #375Salvador255
  2. #376Sterling253
  3. #377Sammie252
  4. #378Emery248
  5. #379Basil245
  6. #380Emory243
  7. #380Sheldon243
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923