Emory

#339 for girls in 2025, 899 births · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 63.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1881 · 42 births
Debut · boys
40 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
18,970
since 1880

Emory over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201914peak #237, 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#339899#883269
2024#333940#882272
2023#365841#831295
2022#468679#848287
2021#479654#819293
2020#446693#818281
2019#480653#802286
2018#476657#788288
2017#632466#807282
2016#654449#835271
2015#626456#830271
2014#741377#864255
2013#798339#897232
2012#881302#970207
2011#999252#1,073174
2010#1,075231#1,047184
2009#1,027253#1,118165
2008#1,184215#1,303133
2007#1,357178#1,162152
2006#1,581136#1,202139
2005#1,93399#1,323114
2004#1,630119#1,251120
2003#1,85899#1,43092
2002#2,06483#1,47486
2001#2,17175#1,54378
2000#2,77752#1,32397
1999#2,20568#1,58069
1998#2,27962#1,41880
1997#2,65947#1,58064
1996#3,30235#1,44571
1995#2,88041#1,40571
1994#3,44832#1,39970
1993#3,68129#1,44465
1992#4,68621#1,57256
1991#3,93626#1,52857
1990#6,13114#1,43561
1989#9,6817#1,43358
1988#6,27712#1,37357
1987—#1,37953
1986#8,5237#1,34553
1985#6,9559#1,37150
1984#5,89911#1,25154
1983#9,0156#1,32749
1982#8,2247#1,03177
1981#8,1287#1,12566
1980#8,1787#1,02278
1979#10,2105#1,07768
1978—#1,08764
1977#8,4446#1,22152
1976—#1,06761
1975—#1,09958
1974—#97770
1973—#94173
1972—#1,01463
1971—#85990
1970—#88483
1969—#78297
1968—#77990
1967—#80681
1966—#711109
1965#6,5395#78689
1964—#637149
1963—#658140
1962—#692124
1961—#689123
1960—#688130
1959—#660135
1958—#716108
1957#6,0865#633148
1956—#657133
1955#5,2086#625141
1954—#560170
1953—#564160
1952—#582143
1951—#585139
1950#5,3015#528163
1949—#544150
1948—#468202
1947—#509176
1946—#473184
1945—#474158
1944—#453179
1943#3,4938#456190
1942#4,1246#430204
1941#4,4205#443175
1940#4,3495#427186
1939#4,2505#426178
1938—#440170
1937—#417186
1936—#390197
1935#3,7426#424174
1934—#440165
1933#3,7536#394188
1932—#369227
1931#4,3315#379218
1930#3,6587#412202
1929#4,0536#387223
1928#3,1649#393228
1927—#398227
1926#3,8737#395224
1925#3,6648#366262
1924—#372263
1923—#380243
1922#4,4456#370263
1921#5,0995#375261
1920—#332308
1919#3,00510#391224
1918—#395226
1917#4,5945#361238
1916—#355229
1915#3,7956#358225
1914—#336189
1913—#331151
1912—#353117
1911—#31474
1910—#33255
1909—#30257
1908—#34942
1907—#29452
1906—#33039
1905—#30643
1904—#30042
1903—#34032
1902—#24258
1901—#25944
1900—#28752
1899—#26641
1898—#31637
1897—#28839
1896—#26546
1895—#27442
1894—#27840
1893—#34127
1892—#29838
1891—#35923
1890—#32229
1889—#27437
1888—#30235
1887—#28933
1886—#28037
1885—#28434
1884—#27838
1883—#26338
1882—#27738
1881—#23742
1880—#26740
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emory was already there! It came in at #267, and was given to 40 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 30 boys a year got the name.

Where Emory is popular in 1914

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedINOhio: #366 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,650 boysOHPennsylvania: #243 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,493 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNEMissouri: #298 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,850 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #189 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,148 boysWVVirginia: #159 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 995 boysVAMaryland: #88 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 473 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedARTennessee: #305 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,670 boysTNNorth Carolina: #319 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,734 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #207 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,337 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedMSAlabama: #241 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,745 boysALGeorgia: #100 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 553 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedHITexas: #339 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,243 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Emory, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Maryland#88 · 1 in 473
  2. Georgia#100 · 1 in 553
  3. Virginia#159 · 1 in 995
  4. West Virginia#189 · 1 in 1,148
  5. Oklahoma#207 · 1 in 1,337

Best ever in a state: #71 in Maryland, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#88161 in 473
Georgia#100381 in 553
Virginia#159141 in 995
West Virginia#18971 in 1,148
Oklahoma#20781 in 1,337
Alabama#24191 in 1,745
Pennsylvania#243161 in 3,493
Missouri#29861 in 2,850
Tennessee#30551 in 2,670
North Carolina#31971 in 2,734
Texas#339131 in 2,243
Ohio#36651 in 5,650
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Emory
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#882 → #883)
  • 65 spots since 2020 (#818 → #883)
  • 53 spots since 2015 (#830 → #883)
  • Biggest jump: 103 spots in 2012 (#1,073 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 155 spots in 1972 (#859 → #1,014)
Rise & fade · boys
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #237 (42 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,115
  • Highest: 1 in 2,115 boys born in 1902 were named Emory (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,350 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #237 in 1881, was only 1 in 2,398 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 13.2% of all boys named Emory (2,502) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
  • Mostly boys until 2006, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s372#237 (1881)#275
1890s362#265 (1896)#301
1900s461#242 (1902)#301
1910s1,728#314 (1911)#353
1920s2,502#332 (1920)#377
1930s1,905#369 (1932)#409
1940s1,804#427 (1940)#468
1950s1,440#528 (1950)#611
1960s1,132#637 (1964)#723
1970s682#859 (1971)#1,023
1980s595#1,022 (1980)#1,266
1990s664#1,399 (1994)#1,481
2000s1,176#1,118 (2009)#1,313
2010s2,450#788 (2018)#891
2020s1,697#818 (2020)#847

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Emory in 1914

boys
#336
189 births · 1 in 3,464 boys

Top boys' names in 1914

  1. #1John37,947
  2. #2William29,753
  3. #3James26,262
  4. #4Robert21,188
  5. #5Joseph18,829
  6. #6George17,602
  7. #7Charles16,937
  8. #8Edward12,319
  9. #9Frank12,002
  10. #10Walter8,962
  11. #336Emory189
More about 1914

boys

654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 3,464 of them was named Emory, which outranked 91.1% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #331Orval192
  2. #331Randolph192
  3. #335Roman191
  4. #336Emory189
  5. #336Rodney189
  6. #338Stuart188
  7. #339Claud187
  8. #339Elijah187

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

Biggest movers since 1913
Risers
  1. ↑ 817Gilmore#1,803 → #986
  2. ↑ 647Santos#1,580 → #933
  3. ↑ 546Lorenza#1,365 → #819
  4. ↑ 534Bobby#1,441 → #907
  5. ↑ 534Gino#1,441 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 918Bernardo#950 → #1,868
  2. ↓ 692Eston#995 → #1,687
  3. ↓ 692Rolf#995 → #1,687
  4. ↓ 613Orson#995 → #1,608
  5. ↓ 458West#930 → #1,388

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

See the top 100 for 1914 →