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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #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 1926

girls
#4,306
6 births · 1 in 197,567 girls
boys
#396
223 births · 1 in 4,980 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #4,306Emery6

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #396Emery223
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 197,567 of them was named Emery, which outranked 23.4% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emery
  1. #3,873Zillah7
  2. #3,873Zoie7
  3. #3,873Zoila7
  4. #4,306Emery6
  5. #4,306Acie6
  6. #4,306Adamae6
  7. #4,306Ader6
  8. #4,851Addis5
  9. #4,851Adean5
  10. #4,851Adie5

Tied with 544 names at #4,306; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,980 of them was named Emery, which outranked 91.8% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emery
  1. #393Buddy226
  2. #393Rolland226
  3. #395Emory224
  4. #396Emery223
  5. #396Danny223
  6. #396Roman223
  7. #399Alphonse221
  8. #399Lamar221
  9. #399Truman221

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926