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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #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 1957

girls
#6,086
5 births · 1 in 408,970 girls
boys
#633
148 births · 1 in 14,576 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #6,086Emory5

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #633Emory148
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 408,970 of them was named Emory, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #5,377Zo6
  2. #5,377Zsazsa6
  3. #5,377Zula6
  4. #6,086Emory5
  5. #6,086Adrean5
  6. #6,086Agustina5
  7. #6,086Aisha5

Tied with 929 names at #6,086; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 14,576 of them was named Emory, which outranked 86.1% of the 4,552 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. #628Merrill149
  2. #628Santos149
  3. #628Tad149
  4. #633Emory148
  5. #634Barton147
  6. #634Coy147
  7. #634Merlin147
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957