Emory
#339 for girls in 2025, 899 births · #883 for boys in 2025, 269 births
Given to boys 63.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 40 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,970since 1880
Emory over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #339 | 899 | #883 | 269 |
| 2024 | #333 | 940 | #882 | 272 |
| 2023 | #365 | 841 | #831 | 295 |
| 2022 | #468 | 679 | #848 | 287 |
| 2021 | #479 | 654 | #819 | 293 |
| 2020 | #446 | 693 | #818 | 281 |
| 2019 | #480 | 653 | #802 | 286 |
| 2018 | #476 | 657 | #788 | 288 |
| 2017 | #632 | 466 | #807 | 282 |
| 2016 | #654 | 449 | #835 | 271 |
| 2015 | #626 | 456 | #830 | 271 |
| 2014 | #741 | 377 | #864 | 255 |
| 2013 | #798 | 339 | #897 | 232 |
| 2012 | #881 | 302 | #970 | 207 |
| 2011 | #999 | 252 | #1,073 | 174 |
| 2010 | #1,075 | 231 | #1,047 | 184 |
| 2009 | #1,027 | 253 | #1,118 | 165 |
| 2008 | #1,184 | 215 | #1,303 | 133 |
| 2007 | #1,357 | 178 | #1,162 | 152 |
| 2006 | #1,581 | 136 | #1,202 | 139 |
| 2005 | #1,933 | 99 | #1,323 | 114 |
| 2004 | #1,630 | 119 | #1,251 | 120 |
| 2003 | #1,858 | 99 | #1,430 | 92 |
| 2002 | #2,064 | 83 | #1,474 | 86 |
| 2001 | #2,171 | 75 | #1,543 | 78 |
| 2000 | #2,777 | 52 | #1,323 | 97 |
| 1999 | #2,205 | 68 | #1,580 | 69 |
| 1998 | #2,279 | 62 | #1,418 | 80 |
| 1997 | #2,659 | 47 | #1,580 | 64 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | #1,445 | 71 |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 | #1,405 | 71 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #1,399 | 70 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | #1,444 | 65 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #1,572 | 56 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 | #1,528 | 57 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #1,435 | 61 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | #1,373 | 57 |
| 1987 | — | #1,379 | 53 | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #1,345 | 53 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #1,371 | 50 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #1,251 | 54 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #1,031 | 77 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,125 | 66 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,022 | 78 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #1,077 | 68 |
| 1978 | — | #1,087 | 64 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,221 | 52 |
| 1976 | — | #1,067 | 61 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,099 | 58 | |
| 1974 | — | #977 | 70 | |
| 1973 | — | #941 | 73 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,014 | 63 | |
| 1971 | — | #859 | 90 | |
| 1970 | — | #884 | 83 | |
| 1969 | — | #782 | 97 | |
| 1968 | — | #779 | 90 | |
| 1967 | — | #806 | 81 | |
| 1966 | — | #711 | 109 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #786 | 89 |
| 1964 | — | #637 | 149 | |
| 1963 | — | #658 | 140 | |
| 1962 | — | #692 | 124 | |
| 1961 | — | #689 | 123 | |
| 1960 | — | #688 | 130 | |
| 1959 | — | #660 | 135 | |
| 1958 | — | #716 | 108 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #633 | 148 |
| 1956 | — | #657 | 133 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #625 | 141 |
| 1954 | — | #560 | 170 | |
| 1953 | — | #564 | 160 | |
| 1952 | — | #582 | 143 | |
| 1951 | — | #585 | 139 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #528 | 163 |
| 1949 | — | #544 | 150 | |
| 1948 | — | #468 | 202 | |
| 1947 | — | #509 | 176 | |
| 1946 | — | #473 | 184 | |
| 1945 | — | #474 | 158 | |
| 1944 | — | #453 | 179 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #456 | 190 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #430 | 204 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #443 | 175 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #427 | 186 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #426 | 178 |
| 1938 | — | #440 | 170 | |
| 1937 | — | #417 | 186 | |
| 1936 | — | #390 | 197 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #424 | 174 |
| 1934 | — | #440 | 165 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #394 | 188 |
| 1932 | — | #369 | 227 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #379 | 218 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #412 | 202 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #387 | 223 |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | #393 | 228 |
| 1927 | — | #398 | 227 | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #395 | 224 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #366 | 262 |
| 1924 | — | #372 | 263 | |
| 1923 | — | #380 | 243 | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #370 | 263 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #375 | 261 |
| 1920 | — | #332 | 308 | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #391 | 224 |
| 1918 | — | #395 | 226 | |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #361 | 238 |
| 1916 | — | #355 | 229 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #358 | 225 |
| 1914 | — | #336 | 189 | |
| 1913 | — | #331 | 151 | |
| 1912 | — | #353 | 117 | |
| 1911 | — | #314 | 74 | |
| 1910 | — | #332 | 55 | |
| 1909 | — | #302 | 57 | |
| 1908 | — | #349 | 42 | |
| 1907 | — | #294 | 52 | |
| 1906 | — | #330 | 39 | |
| 1905 | — | #306 | 43 | |
| 1904 | — | #300 | 42 | |
| 1903 | — | #340 | 32 | |
| 1902 | — | #242 | 58 | |
| 1901 | — | #259 | 44 | |
| 1900 | — | #287 | 52 | |
| 1899 | — | #266 | 41 | |
| 1898 | — | #316 | 37 | |
| 1897 | — | #288 | 39 | |
| 1896 | — | #265 | 46 | |
| 1895 | — | #274 | 42 | |
| 1894 | — | #278 | 40 | |
| 1893 | — | #341 | 27 | |
| 1892 | — | #298 | 38 | |
| 1891 | — | #359 | 23 | |
| 1890 | — | #322 | 29 | |
| 1889 | — | #274 | 37 | |
| 1888 | — | #302 | 35 | |
| 1887 | — | #289 | 33 | |
| 1886 | — | #280 | 37 | |
| 1885 | — | #284 | 34 | |
| 1884 | — | #278 | 38 | |
| 1883 | — | #263 | 38 | |
| 1882 | — | #277 | 38 | |
| 1881 | — | #237 | 42 | |
| 1880 | — | #267 | 40 | |
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 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#106 · 1 in 623
- Maryland#142 · 1 in 1,060
- West Virginia#156 · 1 in 926
- Virginia#157 · 1 in 986
- Montana#169 · 1 in 1,080
Best ever in a state: #71 in Maryland, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #106 | 42 | 1 in 623 |
| Maryland | #142 | 10 | 1 in 1,060 |
| West Virginia | #156 | 13 | 1 in 926 |
| Virginia | #157 | 20 | 1 in 986 |
| Montana | #169 | 5 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Pennsylvania | #259 | 21 | 1 in 3,696 |
| Missouri | #269 | 11 | 1 in 2,224 |
| Indiana | #283 | 7 | 1 in 3,015 |
| Iowa | #296 | 6 | 1 in 3,083 |
| Kansas | #297 | 5 | 1 in 2,739 |
| South Carolina | #305 | 6 | 1 in 2,816 |
| Alabama | #308 | 8 | 1 in 2,530 |
| Oklahoma | #323 | 6 | 1 in 2,771 |
| Texas | #362 | 15 | 1 in 2,642 |
| Ohio | #382 | 7 | 1 in 6,231 |
| Illinois | #384 | 8 | 1 in 6,255 |
| North Carolina | #494 | 5 | 1 in 5,288 |
| New York | #544 | 6 | 1 in 14,170 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #237 (42 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1971
- 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
- 13.2% of all boys named Emory (2,502) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2006, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 372 | #237 (1881) | #275 |
| 1890s | 362 | #265 (1896) | #301 |
| 1900s | 461 | #242 (1902) | #301 |
| 1910s | 1,728 | #314 (1911) | #353 |
| 1920s | 2,502 | #332 (1920) | #377 |
| 1930s | 1,905 | #369 (1932) | #409 |
| 1940s | 1,804 | #427 (1940) | #468 |
| 1950s | 1,440 | #528 (1950) | #611 |
| 1960s | 1,132 | #637 (1964) | #723 |
| 1970s | 682 | #859 (1971) | #1,023 |
| 1980s | 595 | #1,022 (1980) | #1,266 |
| 1990s | 664 | #1,399 (1994) | #1,481 |
| 2000s | 1,176 | #1,118 (2009) | #1,313 |
| 2010s | 2,450 | #788 (2018) | #891 |
| 2020s | 1,697 | #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 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 216,253 of them was named Emory, which outranked 13.5% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 716 names at #4,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 3,889 of them was named Emory, which outranked 92.2% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.