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.
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 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 42,891 of them was named Emory, which outranked 81.7% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,845Tuesday42
- #2,845Vannesa42
- #2,845Zayna42
- #2,880Emory41
- #2,880Alexes41
- #2,880Asma41
- #2,880Bethani41
- #2,932Alanah40
- #2,932Alaya40
- #2,932Althea40
Tied with 51 names at #2,880; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 26,813 of them was named Emory, which outranked 86.4% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,393Remy72
- #1,393Ronny72
- #1,393Taj72
- #1,405Emory71
- #1,405Christofer71
- #1,405Devlin71
- #1,405Jawan71
- #1,417Caesar70
- #1,417Coltin70
- #1,417Hiram70
Tied with 11 names at #1,405; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.