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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #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.

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
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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 1921

girls
#5,099
5 births · 1 in 246,612 girls
boys
#375
261 births · 1 in 4,220 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #5,099Emory5

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #375Emory261
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 246,612 of them was named Emory, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #4,464Zenna6
  2. #4,464Zepha6
  3. #4,464Zipporah6
  4. #5,099Emory5
  5. #5,099Abbey5
  6. #5,099Adalee5
  7. #5,099Adam5

Tied with 772 names at #5,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

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

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 4,220 of them was named Emory, which outranked 92.5% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #372Sterling269
  2. #373Orval267
  3. #374Basil266
  4. #375Emory261
  5. #375Anton261
  6. #377Vern260
  7. #378Elijah257
  8. #378Roman257

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

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

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

See the top 100 for 1921