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
#237
1881 · 42 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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
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 1994

girls
#3,448
32 births · 1 in 55,805 girls
boys
#1,399
70 births · 1 in 27,600 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #3,448Emory32

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,399Emory70
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 55,805 of them was named Emory, which outranked 78.1% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #3,372Yer33
  2. #3,372Zaire33
  3. #3,372Zakiyyah33
  4. #3,448Emory32
  5. #3,448Allisha32
  6. #3,448Anh32
  7. #3,448Antonella32
  8. #3,536Adelle31
  9. #3,536Alessia31
  10. #3,536Alida31

Tied with 87 names at #3,448; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 27,600 of them was named Emory, which outranked 86.3% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #1,383Roel71
  2. #1,383Slade71
  3. #1,383Tavaris71
  4. #1,399Emory70
  5. #1,399Alexzander70
  6. #1,399Benjamen70
  7. #1,399Justine70
  8. #1,409Davontae69
  9. #1,409Garland69
  10. #1,409Jaylan69

Tied with 9 names at #1,399; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →