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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

girls
#3,302
35 births · 1 in 50,086 girls
boys
#1,445
71 births · 1 in 26,680 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #3,302Emory35

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,445Emory71
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 50,086 of them was named Emory, which outranked 79.2% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #3,237Torey36
  2. #3,237Torrey36
  3. #3,237Whittney36
  4. #3,302Emory35
  5. #3,302Alaura35
  6. #3,302Andrianna35
  7. #3,302Anh35
  8. #3,361Akayla34
  9. #3,361Allena34
  10. #3,361Alpha34

Tied with 58 names at #3,302; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 26,680 of them was named Emory, which outranked 86.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emory
  1. #1,434Shimon72
  2. #1,434Taron72
  3. #1,434Yonatan72
  4. #1,445Emory71
  5. #1,445Blayne71
  6. #1,445Ernie71
  7. #1,445Hilario71
  8. #1,454Archie70
  9. #1,454Babyboy70
  10. #1,454Davonta70

Tied with 8 names at #1,445; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →