Emmy

#445 for girls in 2025, 695 births

Peak · girls
#445
2025 · 695 births
Debut · girls
1885
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,963
since 1885

Emmy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Emmy has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#445695
2024#453692
2023#505600
2022#506623
2021#538571
2020#517585
2019#490640
2018#540580
2017#611496
2016#622480
2015#618467
2014#660433
2013#651436
2012#718387
2011#777350
2010#944272
2009#917295
2008#953283
2007#959283
2006#1,212198
2005#1,185194
2004#1,353156
2003#1,422139
2002#1,584117
2001#1,79599
2000#2,01682
1999#2,03876
1998#2,18865
1997#2,51151
1996#2,31457
1995#2,51650
1994#2,87741
1993#2,17661
1992#2,38654
1991#2,48450
1990#2,90039
1989#2,65842
1988#2,25150
1987#2,30946
1986#3,13529
1985#2,36242
1984#2,38240
1983#2,09747
1982#1,82259
1981#1,47582
1980#1,37391
1979#1,83258
1978#1,78157
1977#1,59667
1976#1,82051
1975#2,27836
1974#2,34833
1973#3,12221
1972#3,06221
1971#2,73626
1970#3,11021
1969#4,19812
1968#3,61014
1967#3,34015
1966#3,40014
1965#4,20210
1964#3,10817
1963#2,86419
1962#2,81419
1961#2,95718
1960#2,72920
1959#2,39523
1958#2,50621
1957#2,48621
1956#2,92916
1955#1,97829
1954#2,07626
1953#1,73833
1952#2,58117
1951#2,31419
1950#2,25319
1949#2,62015
1948#2,12621
1947#1,99324
1946#1,97022
1945#2,74211
1944#2,09617
1943#1,70325
1942#1,86021
1941#1,69622
1940#1,84519
1939#1,94717
1938#1,70321
1937#2,31713
1936#1,95016
1935#2,20614
1934#1,51824
1933#1,97016
1932#1,68521
1931#1,39428
1930#1,53526
1929#1,28234
1928#1,46929
1927#1,21341
1926#1,44931
1925#1,22540
1924#1,61228
1923#1,35034
1922#1,61127
1921#1,66826
1920#1,81622
1919#1,60425
1918#1,96319
1917#1,55224
1916#1,86718
1915#2,14314
1914#1,48019
1913#1,40517
1912#2,9795
1911#1,54510
1910#1,6349
1909#1,9576
1908—
1907#1,6397
1906—
1905—
1904#1,17010
1903#1,3188
1902—
1901#1,4666
1900#1,5617
1899#1,1818
1898#1,09810
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895—
1894#1,1368
1893—
1892#1,4505
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887#1,1475
1886—
1885#7938
1884—
1883—
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1881—
1880—
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Emmy! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1886–1893, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Emmy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 8 spots since 2024 (#453 → #445)
  • 72 spots since 2020 (#517 → #445)
  • 173 spots since 2015 (#618 → #445)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 2007 (#1,212 → #959)
  • Biggest drop: 27 spots in 2010 (#917 → #944)
Rise & fade · girls
140 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 2025 at #445 (695 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 2007–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,313
  • Highest: 1 in 2,313 girls born in 2025 were named Emmy (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 35.0% of all girls named Emmy (4,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#793 (1885)#970
1890s43#1,098 (1898)#1,285
1900s44#1,170 (1904)#1,519
1910s160#1,405 (1913)#1,817
1920s312#1,213 (1927)#1,470
1930s196#1,394 (1931)#1,823
1940s197#1,696 (1941)#2,065
1950s224#1,738 (1953)#2,326
1960s158#2,729 (1960)#3,322
1970s391#1,596 (1977)#2,369
1980s528#1,373 (1980)#2,186
1990s544#2,038 (1999)#2,439
2000s1,846#917 (2009)#1,340
2010s4,541#490 (2019)#663
2020s3,766#445 (2025)#494

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.

Emmy in 1977

girls
#1,596
67 births · 1 in 22,883 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #1,596Emmy67
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 22,883 of them was named Emmy, which outranked 85.9% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmy
  1. #1,576Roshanda68
  2. #1,576Takesha68
  3. #1,576Tenesha68
  4. #1,596Emmy67
  5. #1,596Arica67
  6. #1,596Eden67
  7. #1,596Felica67
  8. #1,609Anjanette66
  9. #1,609Avis66
  10. #1,609Christiane66

Tied with 12 names at #1,596; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →